List of earthquakes in Portugal

This list documents major earthquakes affecting Portugal.

Date Location Magnitude Depth (km) MMI Notes Casualties
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]
1761-03-31 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
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  17. 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)
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  23. NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "PORTUGAL; MOROCCO: RABAT, SALE; SPAIN: CANARY IS". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
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