November 11, 1858 Earthquake: Setubal, Portugal
An earthquake struck Setubal, Portugal on November 11, 1858 at 06:15 UTC. It killed 6 people.
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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
- November 11, 1858
- Time
- 06:15 UTC
- Place
- Setubal, Portugal
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 38.200° N, 9.000° W
- Country
- Portugal
The toll
- Deaths
- 6
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 605
- Houses damaged
- 605
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
November 11, 1858, 7 a.m., a strong shock lasting 48 sec. The damage at Lisbon was slight, but at Setuval (18 miles southeast of Lisbon) many houses were destroyed and some lives were lost. (reference #516)
November 11, 1858, 07:15 (local time), Port Setubal, Portugal, 38.2 N, 9 W, intensity X. (reference #1193)
November 11, 1858, intensity X. 605 houses were destroyed and 6 people killed in Setubal. The village of Melides was also ruined. (reference #1093)
November 11, 1858, 07:15, Sur de Setubal, Portugal, 38 18 N 8 55 W, intensity IX. 8 deaths (reference #12773)
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
- March 6, 1719, Algarve, Spain, Portugal
- January 12, 1856, Tavira, Algarve, Portugal
- 1344, Lisbon, Portugal
- April 5, 1772, Lisbon, Portugal
- March 29, 1756, Lisbon, Portugal
- December 26, 1764, Lisbon, Portugal
- December 19, 1847, Lisbon, Portugal
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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 2028.