List of earthquakes in Portugal

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This list documents major earthquakes affecting Portugal.

Date Location Mag. MMI Notes Casualties Ref
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. A large tsunami was reported. 30,000 [7][8]
1551-01-28 Lisbon About 200 houses destroyed. 2,000 [9]
1587-11
Loulé
 X 170 [10]
1597-07-28 Monte Santo IX [11]
1722-12-27 Tavira, Algarve 7.8 X At least 27 homes collapsed in Tavira. Albufeira, Loule, Lagoa, and Faro also reported damage. [12][13]
1755-11-01 Atlantic Ocean 8.7–9.0 Mw XI Lisbon almost completely destroyed by the earthquake and subsequent conflagrations. 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. 50,000–100,000 [14][15]
1756-03-29 Lisbon [16]
1761-03-31 Atlantic Ocean 8.5 Mw IX Lasted five minutes. [17]
1816-02-02 North Atlantic 8.3–8.9 Mw VII Damage and deaths in Ovar. One death in Lisbon. Felt in Spain, the Netherlands and Azores Islands. 13+ [18]
1858-11-11 Setubal 7.1 Mw X 605 homes destroyed. 6 [19][20][21]
1909-04-23 Santarem District 6.0 Mw X Salvaterra de Magos and Benavente partially destroyed. 60 [22][23]
1969-02-28 Gulf of Cádiz 7.8 Mw VII Deaths in Morocco, Portugal, and Spain. Tsunami observed. 25 80 [24][25]
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References

  1. ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "Tsunami Event Information GULF OF CADIZ". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  2. ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: CABO SAN VICENTE". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  3. hdl:10400.21/1265
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  4. ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: CABO SAN VICENTE: SW". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  5. ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: LISBON". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  6. ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: LISBON; SPAIN: SEVILLA, CORDOVA". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  7. ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "TAGUS RIVER, LISBON". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  8. ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: LISBON". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  9. ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: LISBON". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  10. ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: LOULE". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  11. ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: MONTE SANTO, LISBON". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  12. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4959.2010.00367.x
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  13. ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: TAVIRA, ALGARVE". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  14. ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: LISBON". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  15. ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "Tsunami Event Information LISBON". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  16. ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: LISBON". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  17. ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: LISBON". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  18. S2CID 225211860
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  20. doi:10.1785/0120050198
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  21. ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: SETUBAL". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  22. S2CID 129731577.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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  23. ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL: RIBATEJO, BENAVENTE". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  24. ^ "M 7.8 - Azores-Cape St. Vincent Ridge". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  25. ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL; MOROCCO: RABAT, SALE; SPAIN: CANARY IS". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
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