Simulation of the 1755 tsunami flooding area in the Algarve (southern Portugal): the case-study of Portimão

Authors

  • Fantina Tedim Faculdade de Letras, Universidade do Porto
  • João Gonçalves Faculdade de Letras, Universidade do Porto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/1647-7723_14_3

Keywords:

1755 earthquake, tsunami, Algarve, disaster, simulation, GIS, emergency planning, impacts assessment.

Abstract

The November 1st 1755 earthquake remains the most powerful and destructive to hit Europe so far. Although frequently associated with the city of Lisbon, this earthquake caused similar or greater damage and casualties in the southwest of the Algarve, where the seismic intensity was estimated at IX-X Mercalli Intensity Scale. Some minutes later, a tsunami increased the dimension of the disaster. Using simple techniques of simulation, we estimated the potential impacts of the occurrence of a similar event to the 1755 tsunami nowadays in Portimão.

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Published

2007-08-26

Issue

No. 14 (2007)

Section

Articles

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