Earthquake — Portugal: Lisbon

When

1 Nov 1755

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

8.5

Where

Portugal

Coordinates

37.00° N, 10.00° W

Deaths

50000

Intensity mmi

11

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Catastrophic earthquake that primarily affected Lisbon, Portugal

The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon earthquake, occurred in the Iberian Peninsula and Northwest Africa area on the morning of Saturday, 1 November, 1755 ; it took place at approximately 09:40 local time. In combination with subsequent fires and a tsunami, the earthquake almost completely destroyed Lisbon and adjoining areas.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• EPICA v1.1, European preinstrumental earthquakes 1000–1899 (Rovida & Antonucci 2021)INGV · names it “Earthquake — Lisboa”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “More than 40,000 people are killed by the 8.5 magnitude earthquake in Lisbon, Portuguese Empire”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “un tremblement de terre suivi d’un violent tsunami détruit Lisbonne”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Portugal, un terremoto de 9,0 y un devastador tsunami destruyen casi por completo la ciudad de Lisboa”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “葡萄牙首都里斯本發生大地震，並引發海嘯，死亡人数高达约十万人。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “リスボン大地震”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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