Setúbal

Earthquakes near Setúbal through history

From 1900 to October 19, 2026, USGS recorded one earthquake of magnitude 6 or more within 100 km of Setúbal, or 200 km for magnitude 7 and above. The strongest on either list was an estimated magnitude 8.5 on November 1, 1755 (Lisbon).

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The last 30 days · as of

USGS recorded no earthquake of magnitude 4.5 or more within 100 km of Setúbal in the last 30 days.

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What the record holds

It was also the deadliest: NOAA records 50,000 deaths for it. NOAA’s list of significant earthquakes has 16 here, back to 1151. NOAA records deaths in 7 of the events here, 83,047 in all. The latest on NOAA’s list is an earthquake on December 18, 1926 (Lisbon). NOAA’s record here begins in 1151 with an earthquake (Lisbon). NOAA lists 3 tsunamis that began within 100 km of Setúbal, and 2 from elsewhere that reached it with deaths or a metre of water or more. The highest water NOAA records here was 15.2 m, on November 1, 1755. The deadliest here came on November 1, 1755 from a magnitude 8.5 earthquake (Lisbon): NOAA’s runup records count 30,000 deaths within 100 km of Setúbal.

The events

  • December 18, 1926EarthquakeLisbonNOAA NCEI
  • November 1, 1755Earthquake · M 8.5 (est.)Lisbon · 50,000 deaths (NOAA)NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • November 1, 1755Tsunami · 15.2 m hereLisbon · 30,000 deaths here (NOAA)NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
  • January 26, 1531Earthquake · M 7.7 (est.)Lisbon · 30,000 deaths (NOAA)NOAA NCEI
  • 1151EarthquakeLisbon · 1,000 deaths (NOAA)NOAA NCEI

Good to know

  • An event counts for Setúbal when it began within 100 km of its centre, or 200 km for an earthquake of magnitude 7 or more. Damage can reach further.
  • USGS counts here start at magnitude 6: the catalogue’s smaller quakes thin out going back, where few instruments listened.
  • NOAA lists significant events only: earthquakes that killed, did about $1 million of damage, reached magnitude 7.5 or intensity X, or raised a tsunami, and eruptions and tsunamis by like measures. Magnitudes before 1900 are its estimates from written accounts.
  • Deaths are NOAA’s total for each event, wherever people died, its tsunami and fires included. A tsunami counts the dead its runup records give for this place: NOAA’s total for a tsunami includes its source quake’s.
  • A tsunami from elsewhere counts where one of its runups killed or rose a metre or more.
  • Counted to October 19, 2026, as is the map. The last 30 days ask USGS again.

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