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List of earthquakes in Portugal

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This list documents major earthquakes affecting Portugal.

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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]
1356-08-24 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]
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.
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