December 9, 1320 Earthquake: SW, Cabo San Vicente, Portugal
An earthquake struck SW, Cabo San Vicente, Portugal on December 9, 1320.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- December 9, 1320
- Place
- SW, Cabo San Vicente, Portugal
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 36.000° N, 10.700° W
- Country
- Portugal
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- November 1, 1755, Lisbon, Portugal
- December 21, 1755, Lisbon, Portugal
- February 28, 1969, Canary Is, Rabat, Sale, Spain, Portugal, Morocco
- 60 BC, Cabo San Vicente, Portugal
- 382, SW, Cabo San Vicente, Portugal
- 210 BC, Cabo San Vicente, Portugal
- August 24, 1356, Sevilla, Cordova, Lisbon, Spain, Portugal
- 241 BC, Cadiz, Spain
More
Significant earthquakes of 1320The 1300sRecent earthquakes near hereThis day in weather history
Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 518.