Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 1 ga Nuwamba 1755 da karfe 09:40 girgizar Lisbon
ya haifar da tsunami ya buge gabar tekun Cornish da misalin karfe 14:00. Cibiyar girgizar kasa ta kasance kusan daga Cape St Vincent a gabar tekun Fotigal, a kudu maso yammacin Lizard. A Dutsen St Michael, teku ta tashi ba zato ba tsammani sannan ta yi ritaya, minti goma bayan haka ya tashi da sauri, sannan ya sauko da sauri, kuma ya ci gaba da tashi da sauka har tsawon sa'o'i biyar. Tekun ya tashi a Penzance da Newlyn. An bayar da rahoton irin wannan sakamako a St Ives da Hayle. Wani marubuci ɗan Faransa na ƙarni na 18 mai suna Arnold Boscowitz ya ce "an yi hasarar rayuka da dukiyoyi da yawa a bakin tekun Cornwall".