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1755 Lisbon earthquake

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1755 Lisbon earthquake
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Summary

1755 Lisbon earthquake is an earthquake[1]. It ranks in the top 0.46% of earthquake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,682 views/month, #4 of 869).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Portugal[3]
  • Location: Lisbon[4]
  • Commons category: Lisbon earthquake of 1755[5]
  • Point in time: November 1, 1755[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lisbon earthquake of 1755[7]
  • Modified Mercalli intensity scale: Mercalli scale IX[8]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[9]

Why It Matters

1755 Lisbon earthquake has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 106 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-07-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bibliothèque nationale de france id → 146521983
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  2. 12w ago · C960657 · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → Jordskjelvet_i_Lisboa_i_1755
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Great norwegian encyclopedia id: Jordskjelvet_i_Lisboa_i_1755"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Modified mercalli intensity scale → Mercalli scale IX
    Instance of → earthquake
    Location → Lisbon
    Country → Portugal
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007559184905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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