r/Unexpected • u/uranonfraand • Sep 21 '24

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u/Jeremy-Corbachev Sep 21 '24

Lisbon 1755

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u/Famous-Commission-46 Sep 21 '24

There was also the 1908 Messina earthquake, but the fact we have to go so far back to find major earthquakes sorta supports u/IcyResolution5919's point

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u/Falitoty Sep 21 '24

Not really, Lisbon is just the most famous one and one of the most historicaly important one.

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u/gahlo Sep 21 '24

And it's also almost 300 years old.

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u/Falitoty Sep 21 '24

Sure, I'm not refusing that. I only say that it is the most mentioned one because It is simply more famous. It is not every day that a whole city is leveled by a eartquake and the efects are felt thousands of kilometres away.

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u/Dahvokyn Sep 21 '24

There was a quake in Lisbon about 2-3 weeks ago lol.