- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- November 1, 1755 CE
- Location:
- Lisboa
- Magnitude:
- 8.5 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 8.5
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 8.5
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- EMEC_2021: Mw 8.72
Other earthquake records of 1755 CE
- Portugal, Lisbon · Mw 8.5 · 50,000 deaths
- Iran, N: Tabriz, Kashan · 40,000 deaths
- Morocco, Meknes, Fes · 3,000 deaths
- Portugal, Lisbon · 300 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 6.5 · 270 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 6 · 70 deaths
Source: Albini, P., Locati, M., Rovida, A. & Stucchi, M. (2013): European Archive of Historical Earthquake Data (AHEAD), INGV, doi:10.6092/ingv.it-ahead · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1755 Lisboa earthquake (Mw 8.5) (1755 CE) happen?
- November 1, 1755 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Albini, P., Locati, M., Rovida, A. & Stucchi, M. (2013): European Archive of Historical Earthquake Data (AHEAD), INGV, doi:10.6092/ingv.it-ahead; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.