Tsunami
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A tsunami is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, underwater explosions, lan
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami at Ao Nang, Krabi Province, Thailand
Tsunami aftermath in Aceh, Indonesia, December 2004
Lisbon earthquake and tsunami in November 1755
The wave further slows and amplifies as it hits land. Only the largest waves crest.
1755 Lisbon earthquake
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The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon earthquake, hit the Iberian Peninsula and Northwest Africa on the morning of Saturday, 1 November, Feast of All Saints, at around 09:40 local
Tsunami
…often underestimated hazard in the Mediterranean Sea and parts of Europe. Of historical and current (with regard to risk assumptions) importance are the 1755 Lisbon earthquake and tsunami, the 1783 Calabrian earthquakes, each causing several tens of thousands of deaths and the 1908 Messina earthquake and tsunami. The tsunami claimed more…
Calculated travel times (in hours) for the tsunami waves of 1 November 1755
The ruins of the Carmo Convent, which was destroyed in the Lisbon earthquake.
Executions in the aftermath of the Lisbon earthquake. At least 34 looters were hanged in the chaotic aftermath of the disaster. As a warning against looting, King Joseph I ordered gallows to be constructed in several parts of the city.