1356 Lisbon earthquake

1356 Lisbon earthquake
Local date
  • 24 August 1356
Magnitude
Epicenter36°30′N 10°0′W / 36.500°N 10.000°W / 36.500; -10.000
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]

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 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]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Alveirinho Dias, J. (April 2000). "SIMOS Sismicidade de Portugal". Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  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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