The death toll from the devastating earthquakes that struck southern Turkey on Monday has reached 22,000, and is likely to rise as Turks and Syrians continue to comb the rubble of their shattered ...

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 ...

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 ...

The magnitude of the Great Lisbon Earthquake event, a historic and devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Portugal on All Saints' Day in 1755, may not be as high as previously estimated. In ...

The great earthquake that suddenly destroyed Lisbon in November 1755 was perhaps the most disastrous natural phenomenon to strike Europe since the Mt. Vesuvius explosion of the first century—at maybe ...

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 ...

A 1.7 magnitude earthquake was reported Friday morning near Lisbon, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake was reported after 7 a.m., centered 3.7 miles southeast of Lisbon, ...

An 18th-century earthquake and a 21st-century pandemic can teach us about enlightenment and judgment. November 1, 1755, was a sunny day in Lisbon. One of the busiest trading ports in Europe, the ...

The magnitude of the Great Lisbon Earthquake event, a historic and devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Portugal on All Saints' Day in 1755, may not be as high as previously estimated. The ...