The devastating earthquake that hit Lisbon, Portugal in 1755 fueled de-Christianization in Europe. Satirical French writer Voltaire, writing just after the disaster that killed tens of thousands of ...

Portugal, a city not far from the boundary between the Eurasian and African tectonic plates, is no stranger to earthquakes. In 1755, at least 50,000 in the area lost their life to one with an ...

An image of the front page of an old Portuguese newspaper is circulating on social media, claiming that Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, the late former president of FC Porto, predicted a tremor in Lisbon ...

An earthquake rattled southern Portugal Monday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake, which registered a magnitude of 5.4, was recorded at 5:11 a.m. local time off ...

For decades, geologists have struggled to explain the massive earthquakes which struck Lisbon in 1755 and 1969. Now a fissure in the tectonic plate 200 kilometres off the coast of Cabo de São Vicente ...

Lisbon, Portugal, was struck by an earthquake of possibly 9.0 magnitude on Sunday, All Saints Day, Nov. 1, 1755. The earth began shaking around 9:40 a.m. The quake was centered in the Atlantic Ocean.

Scientists have identified a previously unknown seismic phenomenon that was likely responsible for Europe’s largest recorded earthquake that struck Lisbon in 1755, killing tens of thousands.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Mark Molesky, associate professor at Seton Hall University, about his book, This Gulf of Fire: The Destruction of... 'This Gulf Of Fire' Examines The Lisbon, Portugal, ...