José R. Ribeiro
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José R. Ribeiro
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Proud husband and father. High school teacher (Chemistry-Physics). Variable star observer @AAVSO. Auroras. Researcher in Historical Seismology @SeismoSocietyAm.
Esposende, PORTUGAL
Pinned
2 February 1816 1:15 UT
Mw8.6 earthquake at Gloria Fault, North Atlantic Ocean. Violently felt in Azores, Madeira, Iberian Pen. (14 Portuguese killed) and by many ships. Maybe the largest of AGFZ.
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...
en.wikipedia.org?curid=69084847
britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
28 November 2021 10:52 UT
Mw7.5 intermediate-depth earthquake near Barranca, Loreto depart., Northern Peru. Houses damaged even in Ecuador, one person killed. Felt as far as Colombia.
sgs.gov/earthquakes/...
e-newspaperarchives.ch
M7 intermediate-depth EQs common there
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November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
28 November 1836 2:30 UT
Mw7.5 earthquake at the Flores Thrust (Indonesia) triggered a tsunami and caused much damage and rockfalls in Bima (Sumbawa). Felt as far as Makassar (Sulawesi). Many aftershocks.
emidius.eu/GEH/info/?en...
doi.org/10.3389/fear...
delpher.nl
November 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
27 November 1945 21:57 UT (3:27 of 28th LT)
Mw8.2 earthquake at Makran Trench offshore Balochistan (Pakistan). A tsunami killed people as far as Bombay. Death toll maybe 300. A M9.0 EQ is also possible.
nhess.copernicus.org/articles/21/...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
news.google.com/newspapers
November 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
27 November 1461 21:05 UT
Mw6.5 earthquake hit near L'Aquila, central Italy, destroying many buildings and killing at least 140 people. Months of aftershocks.
emidius.mi.ingv.it/ASMI/event/1...
doi.org/10.1785/gssr...
italyheritage.com/magazine/his...
Even worse in 1703.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
27 November 1979 17:11 UT
Mw7.2 Koli-Boniabad earthquake near Qaen, South Khorasan province, NE Iran, destroyed villages, killing 17 people. Part of a sequence lasting one month.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
doi.org/10.1111/j.13...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Gh...
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/
November 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
27 November 1914 14:40 UT
Mw6.3 earthquake hit Lefkada, Ionian is. (Greece), destroying several villages and killing 23 people. Local tsunami. Felt throughout western Greece.
oasp.gr/node/492 nyshistoricnewspapers.org
Near the 1704 EQ epicenter.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
27 November 2005 10:22 UT
Mw5.0 earthquake at the island of Qeshm, southern Iran, Strait of Hormuz, destroying villages and killing 13 people. Also felt in UAE and Oman.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
news.google.com/newspapers
Qeshm had other deadly EQs in the past
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November 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
27 November 1886 8:05 UT
Mw6.0 earthquake hit the island of Chios (Greece) and Karaburun peninsula (Aegean Turkey), destroying houses and injuring people. Felt from the Lesbos to the Kos islands.
emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/...
gallica.bnf.fr
November 27, 2025 at 8:36 AM
26 November 1943 22:21 UT (1:21 of 27th LT)
Mw7.5 Ilgaz-Ladik earthquake in the North Anatolian Fault, Turkey, killed 4020 people. The 3rd in the sequence initiated by the 1939 EQ.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
doi.org/10.1002/eqe....
doi.org/10.1111/j.13...
nyshistoricnewspapers.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
26 November 1999 13:21 UT (0:21 of 27th LT)
Mw7.5 earthquake near Ambrym island, Vanuatu, caused the collapse of buildings and landslides in several islands, besides local tsunami. Death toll of 10 at least, in the Pentecost island.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
pandora.girona.cat
November 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
26 November 1920 11:38 UT
M5.2 earthquake at Pontevedra (Galicia, Spain) caused damage and panic near epicenter: people slightly injured. Felt in the whole Galicia and also in Asturias and northern Portugal.
casadasciencias.org/recurso/7321
biblioteca.galiciana.gal/gl/publicaci...
arquivo.cm-gaia.pt
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
26 November 1920 8:51 UT
Mw6.2 earthquake destroyed Tepelenë and surrounding villages, southern Albania, killing 200 people. Also felt in NW Greece.
researchgate.net/publication/...
researchgate.net/publication/...
loc.gov/resource/cph...
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
Other EQs near in 1930 and 1969.
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
26 November 1873 4:24 UT
Mw5.5 earthquake at Bagnères-de-Bigorre, southwestern France, near the Pyrenees, damaging buildings. Felt in south France and also in Spain, as far as Madrid.
emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/...
sisfrance.net/seismes/deta...
Much worse in 1660
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November 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
26 November 1614 4:00 UT
M7.7 earthquake at Sea of Japan, offshore Central Honshu, Japan, generated a tsunami that killed many people. Felt in Tokyo.
emidius.eu/GEH/info/?en...
repository.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/dspace/bitst...
Another location, further from coast, was suggested
doi.org/10.1111/j.14...
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
26 November 2019 2:54 UT
Mw6.4 earthquake hit Durrës and Thumanë, in the northwest of Albania, collapsing buldings and killing 51 people. Felt as far as Slovenia and northern Italy.
emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/e...
emsc-csem.org/Files/news/E...
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
pandora.girona.cat
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
26 November 1987 1:43 UT
Mw6.5 earthquake along Wetar Thrust hit northern coast of Pantar island, Alor archipelago, Indonesia, causing landslides and killing 83 people.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/pa...
At nearby Alor is. EQs are frequent
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November 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
26 November 2004 2:25 UT
Mw7.1 earthquake hit Nabire, Papua, Indonesia, collapsing houses and killing 32 people. There, 4 plates and many microplates create a complex interaction.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
e-newspaperarchives.ch
In February of 2004 there was another M7 EQ there.
November 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
26 November 1829 1:40 UT
Mw7.3 intermediate-depth Vrancea earthquake caused great damage in Romania and Moldova, killing at least one person in Bucharest. Felt as far as Krakow (Poland) and Kursk (Russia).
emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/...
imuseum.im
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
25 November 1667
M6.9 earthquake, along the Greater Caucasus Thrust, destroyed Shamakhi, Azerbaijan, killing 80,000 people. Strong aftershocks for three months.
ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/h...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The most seismically active area of Azerbaijan
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November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
25 November 1988 23:46 UT
Mw5.9 earthquake close to Saguenay, Quebec, Canada, damaging houses near epicenter. Two persons killed (heart attacks). Felt in western Canada, New England and as far as Washington DC.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
doi.org/10.1785/gssr...
nyshistoricnewspapers.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
25 November 1852 23:10 UT (7:40 of 26th LT)
Mw 8.4-8.8 earthquake near Banda Neira island, Banda Sea, Indonesia, triggered a devastating tsunami that killed at least 60 people. Felt in Java, 2000 km far away.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
doi.org/10.3389/fear...
eresources.nlb.gov.sg
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
25-26 November 1894 21:50-22:30-1:40 UT
Mw5.6-5.8-5.9 earthquake triplet at Struma valley, SW Bulgaria, did damage in Kocherinovo and other places. Felt in western Bulgaria, southern Serbia and as far as Salonica.
emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/...
emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/...
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/c...
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
25 November 1930 19:03 UT (4:03 of 26th LT)
Mw6.9 earthquake at Tanna Fault hit North Izu pen., Honshu, Japan, causing landslides, destroying 2165 houses, killing 272 people.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930_No...
iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R10000...
nyshistoricnewspapers.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
25 November 2000 18:09-18:11 UT
Mw6.8-6.5 earthquake doublet offshore Baku, Azerbaijan, did havoc and killed 31 people, mostly from heart attacks. Felt as far as Turkmenistan, northern Iran and Georgia.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
news.google.com/newspapers
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
25 November 1941 18:05 UT
Mw8.25 earthquake along the central segment of Gloria Fault, North Atlantic Ocean. Felt from Azores to Morocco and Madrid.
casadasciencias.org/recurso/6321
gallica.bnf.fr/html/und/pre...
Only surpassed in magnitude by the 1755, 1761 and 1816 EQs.
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doi.org/10.1785/0220...
November 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM