1. Source of 1755 Lisbon earthquake and tsunami investigated
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M. Landuzzi, Pedro Terrinha, Carlos Corela, Fernando Carrilho, Annamaria Correggiari, G. Marozzi, D. Penitenti, P. Rodriguez, Juan José Dañobeitia, Luigi Vigliotti, Rafael Bartolomé, G. Pellis, B. Della Vedova, Marco Ligi, Rinaldo Nicolich, Giovanni Bortoluzzi, Diego Córdoba, Nevio Zitellini, P. Jornet, Eulàlia Gràcia, António Ribeiro, L. A. Mendes, Luis Matias, Luigi Torelli, L. Casoni, Marzia Rovere, Francesco Chierici, A. Zahinos Ruiz, A. Calafato, A. Magagnoli, and R. Sartori
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Tsunami wave ,Western europe ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Magnitude (mathematics) ,North africa ,Earthquake magnitude ,Seismology ,Geology - Abstract
On November 1, 1755, the city of Lisbon was completely devastated by the combined effect of a tremendous earthquake, tsunami waves, and fire. The 1755 Lisbon earthquake was the most destructive cataclysm recorded in western Europe since the Roman Republic, with an estimated earthquake magnitude Mw ∼8.5 [Martins and Mendes Victor, 1990] and estimated tsunami magnitude of Mt= Mw= 8.5. The earthquake was felt as far away as Great Britain and Finland. The tsunami hit many coastal cities along southwest Iberia and North Africa, causing heavy destruction in Tanger and Casablanca.
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- 2001
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