July 9, 1998 Earthquake: Faial, Pico, Terceira, Azores

Reference #1053:

1998, July 9. Ten people killed, about 100 injured and 1,000 left homeless on Faial. Some damage on Pico and Terceira. Felt on Corvo and Sao Jorge.

Reference #1250:

10 deaths, 100 injured, $72 million total damage

Reference #1247:

1998, July 9. Portugal Earthquake (6.0 Richter scale), 10 dead in Azores, Faial, destroys houses, 100 injured, 1,000 homeless, $72 million total damage.

Reference #12490:

The Observador newspaper, in its edition of 8/8/2016, under the title Earthquake of 1998 changed the island of Faial forever, recalled that…in the dawn of July 9, 1998, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 on the Richter scale destroyed many houses in the municipality of Horta, the only one of Faial where houses traditionally built on stone and clay prevailed. In addition to the destruction of a large part of the housing stock in Faial and the eight deaths, the earthquake also damaged approximately 20% of the houses on the neighbouring island of Pico.

On July 9, 1998, another earthquake of Mw 6.2 hit Faial Island and caused heavy damage in the parish on the north side of the island and in other regions due to site effects, i.e., Flamengos and Lombega. In this event, 8 people were killed. Further details about the kinematics of the Faial earthquake are given in section 5 - Focal mechanism of the large earthquakes.

Reference #13058:

9 deaths and >100 injured, Severe damage in Faial and in some Pico parishes; more than 1500 buildings totally or partially destroyed [...] [costs] about E300 million in the case of the 1998 Faial earthquake