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1755 Lisbon Earthquake Jessie

The Disaster at Lisbon Great Lisbon Earthquake Kingdom of Portugal November 1, 1755 ( All Saints’ Day) Earthquake – Fire – Tsunami

Earthquake

200 Km South-West from Cape St. Vicent in the Atlantic Ocean Worst damage occurred in Lisbon (Portugal’s capital)

Moment magnitude scale: 8.5~9.0 After shocks occurred in December Huge fissures through the center of Lisbon (15 feet wide) One of the deadliest earthquakes

Fire

Cooking fires and candels Looters set fire Very few people extinguished the fire Raged for five days 2/3 of the city was destroyed Escaped to waterfront and coasts

Royal Opera House

Tsunami

30 minutes after the earthquake Highest wave: 6 meters Reached farthest to Galway in Ireland Greatest destruction: Algarve

Influences Development of Seismology Influenced European Age of Enlightenment Human cost (60000 people died) Great opportunity for economic reform

The Constructions of Buildings Building heights should be restricted Streets must be wide enough Architectural ornamentation should be reduced Add fire breaks between the roofs of adjacent building

Royal Ribeira Palace Lisbon Cathedral Royal Hospital of All Saints

Reference http://www.sms-tsunami-warning.com/pages/tsunami-portugal-1755#.VJbjcAA8 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1755_Lisbon_earthquake http://nisee.berkeley.edu/lisbon/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2365591/Massive-Portuguese-earthquake-send-metre-high-tsunami-British-coast-submerge-Isles-Scilly.html http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-Issues/2010/1028/Japan-tsunami-is-small-compared-to-five-of-world-s-biggest-tsunamis/1755-Lisbon-tsunami http://geology.about.com/library/bl/bllisbon1755eq.htm http://www.visionandvalues.org/2011/03/the-great-lisbon-earthquake-thinking-theology-and-natural-disasters/ https://ideas.repec.org/p/yor/cherry/06-03.html