March 6, 1719 Earthquake: Algarve, Spain, Portugal
An earthquake struck Algarve, Spain, Portugal on March 6, 1719 at 05:00 UTC. It killed 3 people.
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
- March 6, 1719
- Time
- 05:00 UTC
- Place
- Algarve, Spain, Portugal
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 37.130° N, 8.500° W
- Country
- Portugal
The toll
- Deaths
- 3
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Some (about 51 to 100)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- November 1, 1755, Lisbon, Portugal
- January 26, 1531, Lisbon, Portugal
- January 28, 1551, Lisbon, Portugal
- 1151, Lisbon, Portugal
- December 21, 1755, Lisbon, Portugal
- November 1587, Loule, Portugal
- April 23, 1909, Ribatejo, Benavente, Portugal
- June 6, 1807, Lisbon, Portugal
- November 11, 1858, Setubal, Portugal
- January 12, 1856, Tavira, Algarve, Portugal
- December 27, 1722, Tavira, Algarve, Portugal
- 1344, Lisbon, Portugal
- April 5, 1772, Lisbon, Portugal
- 241 BC, Cadiz, Spain
- May 26, 881, Spain, Algeria, Morocco
More
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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 10688.