The 1755 Lisbon earthquake

Name: The 1755 Lisbon earthquake
Uploaded: 1755-11-01T12:00:00+00:00
Duration: 2956 s
Description: On All Saints' Day 1755 a magnitude ~8.5 quake, fire and tsunami destroyed Lisbon and killed tens of thousands — a catastrophe that shook Enlightenment Europe's faith itself.

NOV 01 1755 · 12:00

On All Saints' Day 1755 a magnitude ~8.5 quake, fire and tsunami destroyed Lisbon and killed tens of thousands — a catastrophe that shook Enlightenment Europe's faith itself.

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