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1935 São Miguel earthquake (27 April 1935) 1937 Azores earthquake (21 November 1937) 1939 Azores earthquake (8 May 1939) 1950 Praia da Vitória earthquake (29 December 1950) 1952 São Miguel earthquake (26 June 1952) 1958 Capelinhos earthquake (13 May 1958) 1964 Rosais earthquake (21 February 1964) 1973 Santa Luzia-Santo António earthquake ...
Around 1,100 small earthquakes have rattled one of Portugal's mid-Atlantic volcanic islands in less than 48 hours, prompting authorities to activate an emergency plan as experts assess what they ...
1759–1760 — An earthquake in Faial, which began on 24 December 1759, was the greatest earthquake in the island's history and followed by many tremors. Another quake occurred on 4 January. 1761 — Eruption on Pico Gordo, Terceira which started in November 1760 and created violent tremors which continued until 14 April.
Striking the Autonomous Region of the Azores on 1 January, the 1980 Azores Island earthquake killed 73 people and injured over 400, causing severe damage on the islands of Terceira and São Jorge. Resulting from a strike slip fracture, typical of other historical Azorean earthquakes , and measuring 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale , it also ...
Terceira in 1595 by Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, "A cidade de Angra na ilha de Iesu xpō da Tercera que esta em 39. graos" Troops disembarking during the Battle of Terceira; mural in the Monastery of São Lorenzo de El Escorial. Historically, there has been uncertainty in the date and the discoverer associated with the islands of the Azores.
A powerful earthquake hit the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, damaging buildings in the capital, Port Vila, including one housing the U.S. Embassy. A witness said bodies were seen in the city.
The 1964 Rosais earthquake (Portuguese: Crise sísmica dos Rosais) was a series of seismic swarms occurring in February 1964, leading to two major earthquakes on 15 and 21 February, resulting in the destruction of most of the habitable dwellings on the western part of the island of São Jorge, in the archipelago of the Azores. The event ...
The state typically experiences between 10 and 20 earthquakes above magnitude 2.0 each year, said Andy Newman, a professor of geophysics at Georgia Tech. As for what’s behind the recent shakes ...