Magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Portugal: Lisbon · about 30,000 deaths
Natural disaster
1531 Lisbon earthquake
Magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Portugal: Lisbon · about 30,000 deaths
- 26 January 1531
- Europe
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