Lisbon earthquake

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:earthquake
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:Morocco
gptkb:Portugal
gptkb:Southern_England
gptkb:Spain
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:1755_Lisbon_earthquake
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude estimated 8.5–9.0
gptkbp:casualties estimated 30,000–50,000
gptkbp:causedBy tectonic activity
gptkbp:consequence influenced Voltaire's 'Candide'
reconstruction of Lisbon
influenced Immanuel Kant's work on earthquakes
led to first scientific study of earthquakes
philosophical debates on theodicy
gptkbp:country gptkb:Portugal
gptkbp:date 1755-11-01
gptkbp:destroyedBy gptkb:Lisbon_Cathedral
gptkb:Royal_Ribeira_Palace
Opera House
majority of Lisbon's buildings
gptkbp:epicenter Atlantic Ocean, west of Lisbon
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:earthquake
gptkb:fire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lisbon earthquake
gptkbp:location gptkb:Lisbon
gptkbp:maximumDepth shallow
gptkbp:occurredIn gptkb:All_Saints'_Day
gptkbp:period around 09:40 local time
gptkbp:significance influenced development of seismology
major impact on European Enlightenment
gptkbp:tsunami gptkb:Algeria
gptkb:Angola
gptkb:Azores
gptkb:Benin
gptkb:Brazil
gptkb:Cameroon
gptkb:Canary_Islands
gptkb:Cape_Verde
gptkb:Caribbean
gptkb:Congo
gptkb:Denmark
gptkb:England
gptkb:France
gptkb:Gabon
gptkb:Ghana
gptkb:Gibraltar
gptkb:Greenland
gptkb:Guinea
gptkb:Ireland
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Ivory_Coast
gptkb:Liberia
gptkb:Madeira
gptkb:Mauritania
gptkb:Morocco
gptkb:Namibia
gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:Nigeria
gptkb:North_Africa
gptkb:Norway
gptkb:Senegal
gptkb:Sierra_Leone
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:Sweden
gptkb:Togo
gptkb:Tunisia
gptkb:Western_Sahara
gptkb:West_Indies
gptkb:Antilles
yes
up to 20 meters
coasts of Morocco
coasts of Portugal
coasts of Spain
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ribeira_Palace,_Lisbon,_Portugal
gptkb:Ribeira_Palace
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7