Long TextExercise 57 of 74

On the morning of 1 November 1755, the city of Lisbon was struck by one of the most devastating earthquakes in recorded European history. The tremor, now estimated at a magnitude of approximately 8.5, destroyed much of the Portuguese capital, and the tsunami and fires that followed killed tens of thousands. But the…

• What does the writer say was the most significant consequence of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake?
• How does the writer explain the cause of earthquakes in the second paragraph?