In fact, the scenes in Turkey are tragically similar to those reported on Nov. 1, 1755, when a massive earthquake hit Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, at approximately 9:45 a.m.

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 ...

Earthquake felt in Lisbon, throughout Portugal's coast. No injuries were reported, but light to moderate shaking was felt up and down Portugal’s coast, including in the capital city of Lisbon.

The front page quickly became viral on Portuguese social networks, because Lisbon did indeed record an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 on the Richter scale on 17 February — the same day as ...

The Lisbon earthquake, then, not only toppled churches, shops, and homes; it also symbolized the toppling of an old world and the way that world grasped faith and held on to hope.

Taylor Swift performs at Estadio da Luz on May 24 in Lisbon. Swift literally rocked Lisbon, with the star's show in the city registering on the Richter scale.

THIS is the moment an earthquake struck during a Champions League press conference, leaving the entire room shaking. Lisbon was struck by a 4.7 magnitude tremor just moments before Benfica staff we… ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. How do these danger zones come to be? A study in Geology presents ...

While the earthquake was moderate, with Lisbon 84km from its epicentre, the news dominated Portuguese and European headlines as it was felt in Gibraltar, Spain and Morocco.