1356 Lisbon earthquake

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1356 Lisbon earthquake
Local date24 August 1356
Magnitude8.5 (est.) [1]
Areas affectedPortugal

The 1356 Lisbon earthquake was a very high magnitude earthquake that struck the Lisbon area and beyond late in the day on Wednesday, 24 August 1356, Saint Bartholomew's Day. [2] [3] It lasted a quarter of an hour and destroyed several buildings, including the city's four bread ovens. [4] Aftershocks were felt for a year. [5]

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Earthquake

The earthquake probably originated in the Gorringe Ridge, off Cape St. Vincent. [1] [6]

Records

The earthquake is mentioned, for example, in the Livro da Noa, which belonged to the library of the Monastery of the Holy Cross in Coimbra, [4] in the Livro das Lembranças, in the Crónica de D. Pedro I de Castela, and in the Chancelaria de D. Pedro I. [7]

The event was largely forgotten about until, in the 21st century, an inscription about the earthquake was found on the wall of the Torre do Paço, in the São Jorge Castle. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Alveirinho Dias, J. (April 2000). "SIMOS Sismicidade de Portugal".
  2. ↑ Udias, A. (2015). "Historical Earthquakes (Before 1755) of the Iberian Peninsula in Early Catalogs". Seismological Research Letters. 86 (3): 999–1005. Bibcode:2015SeiRL..86..999U. doi:10.1785/0220140200.
  3. ↑ Ferrão, C.; Bezzeghoud, M.; Caldeira, B.; Borges, J. F. (2016). "The Seismicity of Portugal and Its Adjacent Atlantic Region from 1300 to 2014: Maximum Observed Intensity (MOI) Map". Seismological Research Letters. 87 (3): 743–750. Bibcode:2016SeiRL..87..743F. doi:10.1785/0220150217.
  4. 1 2 3 Pereira, Gonçalo (January 2016). "Crónicas do castelo (artigo da edição portuguesa de janeiro de 2016)". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Que a terra não trema". Público. 24 January 2004.
  6. ↑ Udías, Agustín (2020). "Large Earthquakes and Tsunamis at Saint Vincent Cape before the Lisbon 1755 Earthquake: A Historical Review". Pure and Applied Geophysics. 177 (4): 1739–1745. doi:10.1007/s00024-019-02323-z.
  7. ↑ Costa, Marisa; Fonseca, João (2007). "Sismicidade histórica em Portugal no período medieval".
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