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The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon earthquake, impacted Portugal, the Iberian Peninsula, and Northwest Africa on the morning of Saturday, 1 November, Feast of All Saints, at around 09:40 local time. [3] In combination with subsequent fires and a tsunami, the earthquake almost completely destroyed Lisbon and adjoining areas.
1 cze 2017 · Abstract. In A.D. 1755, an earthquake destroyed Lisbon, Portugal. The region was then hit forcefully by a tsunami and engulfed by an enormous fire. Thefts and destruction followed, damaging emblematic places of irreplaceable historical and spiritual value, especially churches.
1 lis 2023 · In the morning of 1 November 1755, an earthquake struck Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal, which flattened the city and claimed many thousands of lives. The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 8.5 on the Richter scale.
25 paź 2024 · Lisbon earthquake of 1755, series of earthquakes that occurred on the morning of Nov. 1, 1755, causing serious damage to the port city of Lisbon, Port., and killing an estimated 60,000 people in Lisbon alone. Violent shaking demolished large public buildings and about 12,000 dwellings.
4 lip 2019 · The 1 November 1755 earthquake triggered a tsunami that hit the entire Portuguese coastline. According to the historical records previously analyzed [1] in Lisbon municipality, the combined effects of the earthquake, tsunami, and fire caused significant damage to the city’s buildings.
24 lip 2022 · This research allowed a clearer interpretation of what happened in downtown Lisbon on the morning of 1 November 1755, with the chain of events between the earthquake, fire, and tsunami that has not been properly addressed until that time.
A large earthquake shook the offshore region of Portugal in November 1st 1755 with an estimated magnitude of 8.5±0.3 in the Richter scale. It lead to the massive destruction of the city of Lisbon, which was followed by intense fires.
