Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 1 ga Nuwamba, 1755, wani girgizar kasa mai ban tsoro ya lalata garin
, wanda ya kashe kimanin mutane 30,000 zuwa 40,000 mazaunan Lisbon na yawan mutanen da aka kiyasta tsakanin 200,000 da 275,000, kuma ya hallaka kashi 85 cikin dari na gine-ginen birnin. Daga cikin manyan gine-gine da yawa na birni, Fadar Ribeira da Asibitin Real de Todos os Santos sun ɓace. A yankunan da ke bakin teku, kamar su Peniche, da ke arewacin Lisbon, mutane da yawa sun mutu sanadiyyar guguwar tsunami da ta biyo baya.