List of earthquakes in Portugal
This list documents major earthquakes affecting Portugal.
Date | Location | Magnitude | Depth (km) | MMI | Notes | Casualties | |
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Dead | Injured | ||||||
210 BCE | Cape St. Vincent | Possible tsunami.[1][2] | |||||
60 BCE | coasts of Portugal and Galicia | 8.5 | IX | Tsunami.[3] | |||
382 | Cape St. Vincent | 7.5 | Tsunami.[4] | ||||
1344 | Lisbon | [5] | |||||
1358-08-24 | Lisbon | X | Severe damage in Seville and Lisbon.[6] | ||||
1531-01-26 | Lisbon | 7.7 | At least 1,500 houses destroyed. Violent earthquake felt in Africa.[7] A large tsunami was reported.[8] | 30,000 | |||
1551-01-28 | Lisbon | About 200 houses destroyed.[9] | 2,000 | ||||
1587-11 | Loulé | X | [10] | 170 | |||
1597-07-28 | Monte Santo | IX | [11] | ||||
1722-12-27 | Tavira, Algarve | X | At least 27 homes collapsed in Tavira. Albufeira, Loule, Lagoa, and Faro also reported damage.[12] | ||||
1755-11-01 | Atlantic Ocean | 8.7-9.0 | XI | Lisbon almost completely destroyed by the earthquake and subsequent conflagrations.[13] A large tsunami with a maximum height of 18.3 meters.
Deaths were also reported in Morocco due to the tsunami. In the Lesser Antillies, surges were also observed.[14] |
50,000-100,000 | ||
1756-03-29 | Lisbon | [15] | |||||
1761-03-30 | Atlantic Ocean | 8.5 | IX | Lasted five minutes.[16] | |||
1858-11-11 | Setubal | 7.1[17][18] | X | 605 homes destroyed.[19] | 6 | ||
1909-04-23 | Santarem District | 6.0[20] | X | Salvaterra de Magos and Benavente partially destroyed.[21] | 30 | ||
1969-02-28 | Gulf of Cádiz | 7.8[22] | 22 | VII | Deaths in Morocco, Portugal, and Spain. Tsunami observed.[23] | 25 | 80 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "Tsunami Event Information GULF OF CADIZ". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: CABO SAN VICENTE". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ^ M. A. Baptista and J. M. Miranda (2009). "Revision of the Portuguese catalog of tsunamis" (PDF). Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 9 (1): 25–49. Bibcode:2009NHESS...9...25B. doi:10.5194/nhess-9-25-2009. hdl:10400.21/1265.
- ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: CABO SAN VICENTE: SW". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: LISBON". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: LISBON; SPAIN: SEVILLA, CORDOVA". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "TAGUS RIVER, LISBON". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: LISBON". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: LISBON". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: LOULE". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: MONTE SANTO, LISBON". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: TAVIRA, ALGARVE". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: LISBON". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "Tsunami Event Information LISBON". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: LISBON". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: LISBON". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ^ Angela Santos, Nuno Fonseca, Margarida Queirós, José Luís Zêzere and José Luís Bucho (8 November 2017). "Implementation of Tsunami Evacuation Maps at Setubal Municipality, Portugal". Geosciences. 7 (4): 116. Bibcode:2017Geosc...7..116S. doi:10.3390/geosciences7040116.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ Susana P. Vilanova and Joao F. B. D. Fonseca (October 2007). "Probabilistic Seismic-Hazard Assessment for Portugal". Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 97 (5): 1702–1717. Bibcode:2007BuSSA..97.1702V. doi:10.1785/0120050198.
- ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: SETUBAL". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ^ Teves-Costa, P., Batlló, J. (2011). "The 23 April 1909 Benavente earthquake (Portugal): macroseismic field revision". Journal of Seismology. 15 (1): 59–70. Bibcode:2011JSeis..15...59T. doi:10.1007/s10950-010-9207-6. S2CID 129731577.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: RIBATEJO, BENAVENTE". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ^ "M 7.8 - Azores-Cape St. Vincent Ridge". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL; MOROCCO: RABAT, SALE; SPAIN: CANARY IS". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
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