1956 Atarfe–Albolote earthquake
According to the press at the time, the towns of Atarfe and Albolote were ruined and Santa Fe, Maracena and some neighborhoods in the capital of Granada were badly affected.The following day's press cited the towns of Atarfe and Albolote as ruined, and Santa Fe, Maracena and some neighborhoods of the capital badly affected.In addition, there is talk of about 40 injured, several hundred homes destroyed, many others uninhabitable, serious breakdowns and material damage amounting to 20 million pesetas at the time.The violent earthquake lasted about four seconds, causing cracks and detachment of plaster at the joints of the walls and windows, falling objects, stopped watches, etc.In Albolote the walls suffered more, cracks in church columns, rockfall in Sierra Elvira, rupture and fall of chimneys, cornices, movement of trees, general underground noise noticed in quite remote towns.