Saturday, September 5, 2015

The Lisbon Earthquake


  • It was a Richter 9 earthquake
  • It was on November 1, 1775
  • Cracks as wide as 16 feet wide appeared in the ground
  • Tsunami's hit Lisbon, North Africa, and Barbados
  • Fire burnt Lisbon for 6 days
  • It shook people's faith in blind religion
  • It gave leverage to the arguments of Immanuel Kant and Voltaire 

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