Pollution Essay: The Great Lisbon Earthquake

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The Great Lisbon Earthquake An earthquake is a rapid and sudden tremors of the earth crust as a result of energy stored and released from the rocks (Phyllis 12). The great Lisbon Earthquake in November 1st 1755 would be one such natural phenomenon that marks a great earthquake history (Luiz, Carlos and Joab 07). This paper is therefore a report about the great Lisbon Earthquake and the events associated with its occurrence. The Great Lisbon Earthquake is located in a wealthy seaport of Lisbon known as Portugal. In fact the epicenter of the tremors was at a distance of two hundred miles away from west-south west of Cape St. Vincent which is to the southwest corner of Portugal. However the evidence of this great earthquake would mark a span of up to two thousand two hundred miles. …show more content…

In Lisbon, this would occur during the second day’s mass resulting to the majority of deaths on the people attending the church hence the common notion that this was a punishment from God by some clergy. This earthquake occurred on the all saint’s Day. Associated with the earthquake would be a twelve meters high tsunami that results to thousands of death for most of the people who sought refuge near the harbor of Lisbon. The great Lisbon Earthquake would occur on the seismic active region with the plate boundary of Eurasia and Africa. This boundary is believed to be a complex structure with active volcanoes and rifting that is prevalent at Azores. So many factors contributes to the complex nature of this plate boundary. It separates an oceanic crust on both sides of its western side, while on the eastern side it has a continental nature featuring the Mediterranean basin in between the plate boundaries. Specifically, this is a tectonic plate boundary within the mid-Atlantic (John

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