The 10-foot tsunami made land at around 2pm, after travelling four hours from its source. It was caused by the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, which almost completely destroyed the Portuguese capital.

In 1755, a massive earthquake followed by a tsunami razed much of Lisbon. The devastation was particularly pronounced in ...

Some tsunami scenarios are way worse than the waves from the earthquake off Lisbon, Portugal that hit Florida 269 years ago. Twenty years after the catastrophic Boxing Day Tsunami killed some ...