What the records say
- When
- 22 Oct 1522
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Where
- Azores (Portugal)
- Coordinates
- 37.70° N, 25.40° W
- Deaths
- 5000
- Intensity mmi
- 10
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1522 Vila Franca earthquake
The 1522 Vila Franca earthquake, also known as the 1522 Vila Franca landslide refers to the earthquake and landslides that occurred on 22 October 1522, in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo. Vila Franca do Campo was then the provincial capital and is located on São Miguel Island in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “An EMS-X intensity earthquake kills more than 4,000 people on the Azores Islands as its strikes Vila Franca do Campo, the provincial capital”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page