Earthquake: Portuguese capital hit with tremor magnitude 4.3 – Portugal

The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IMPA) has confirmed the occurrence an earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale, registered at 7.44am this morning.
The tremor, which struck Sobral de Monte Agraco, 26 miles north-west of Lisbon, lasted about 10 seconds and did not cause any injuries or damage.
The earthquake was felt mostly in the District of Lisboa (population 2,048,200).
A spokesman for IMPA reassured: “This earthquake, according to the information available to date, caused no personal or material damages.”
According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the population which felt the quake is estimated at 3.5million.
In 1755, Lisbon was demolished by an earthquake of magnitude 9. The quake was followed by a fire and a tsunami killing up to 40,000 in Lisbon alone. The total death toll has been estimated at about 100,000 people.

 Magnitude

	ML 4.5
Region	PORTUGAL
Date time	2017-08-17 06:44:57.9 UTC
Location	39.11 N ; 8.92 W
Depth	12 km
Distances	47 km NE of Lisbon, Portugal / pop: 518,000 / local time: 07:44:57.9 2017-08-17 25 km SW of Santarém, Portugal / pop: 29,400 / local time: 07:44:57.9 2017-08-17 4 km SW of Aveiras de Cima, Portugal / pop: 4,700 / local time: 07:44:57.9 2017-08-17

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