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The following list of disasters in Portugal by death toll is a list of major disasters (excluding acts of war, terrorism or crime) which occurred in Portugal in a definable incident or accident, and which resulted in at least ten casualties.

Event Type Date Location Deaths References
1755 Lisbon earthquake Earthquake 1 November 1755 Continental Portugal 12000+ (est.) [1][2][3]
Ponte das Barcas collapse [a] Structural failure 29 March 1809 Porto / Vila Nova de Gaia 4000 (est.) [4][5]
1522 Vila Franca earthquake Earthquake 22 October 1522 Azores 3000–5000 (est.) [6][7][8]
1531 Lisbon earthquake Earthquake 26 January 1531 Continental Portugal 1000–30000 (est.) [9]
1757 Azores Islands earthquake Earthquake 9 July 1757 Azores 1000–1500 (est.) [10]
1803 Madeira floods and mudslides Floods 9 October 1803 Madeira 600–1000 (est.) [11]
1967 Portugal floods Floods 25–26 November 1967 Lisbon District 462+ [12]
Independent Air Flight 1851 crash Aviation accident 8 February 1989 Santa Maria, Azores 144 [13]
TAP Flight 425 crash Aviation accident 19 November 1977 Madeira 131 [14]
Sinking of the San Pedro de Alcantara Maritime accident 2 February 1786 Near the coast of Peniche 128 [15]
1941 Iberian cyclone Storm 14–16 February 1941 Continental Portugal 100+ [16]
Custóias rail accident Railway accident 26 July 1964 Matosinhos 90+ [17][18][19]
Sinking of the Nuestra Señora del Rosario Maritime accident 7 December 1589 Coast of Setúbal 80 (est.) [20]
1980 Azores Islands earthquake Earthquake 1 January 1980 Azores 73 [21]
Venezuelan Air Force C-130 Hercules crash Aviation accident 3 September 1976 Terceira, Azores 68 [22]
June 2017 wildfires Wildfires (2017-June-17) (2017-June-24)17–24 June 2017 Castanheira de Pera and Pedrógão Grande 66 [23]
Viasa Flight 897 crash Aviation accident 30 May 1961 Near the coast of Setúbal 61 [24]
1909 Benavente earthquake Earthquake 23 April 1909 Continental Portugal 60 [25]
Hintze Ribeiro Bridge collapse Structural failure 4 March 2001 Penafiel / Castelo de Paiva 59 [26]
Martinair Flight 495 crash Aviation accident 21 December 1992 Faro 56 [27]
2010 Madeira floods and mudslides Floods 20 February 2010 Madeira 51 [28]
Cais do Sodré station roof collapse Structural failure 28 May 1963 Lisbon 49 [29]
Moimenta-Alcafache train crash Railway accident 11 September 1985 Mangualde 49+ [30]
Air France Flight 009 crash Aviation accident 28 October 1949 São Miguel, Azores 48 [31]
October 2017 wildfires Wildfires 13–18 October 2017 Continental Portugal 45 [32]
SA de Transport Aérien Flight 730 crash Aviation accident 18 December 1977 Madeira 36 [33]
SATA Air Açores Flight 530M crash Aviation accident 11 December 1999 São Jorge, Azores 35 [34]
Odemira rail accident Railway accident 13 September 1954 Odemira 34 [19]
2019 Madeira bus crash Road accident 17 April 2019 Madeira 29 [35]
1966 Sintra wildfires Wildfires 6–12 September 1966 Sintra 25 [36]
Recarei-Sobreira bus-train collision Road/railway accident 26 April 1984 Paredes 17 [19]
Póvoa de Santa Iria train collision Railway accident 5 May 1986 Vila Franca de Xira 17 [37]
1986 Águeda wildfires Wildfires 14 June 1986 Águeda 16 [38]
1985 Armamar wildfires Wildfires 8 September 1985 Armamar 14 [39]
1816 North Atlantic earthquake Earthquake 2 February 1816 Continental Portugal 13 (est.) [40]
Tunes bus crash Road accident 8 April 1989 Silves 13 [41]
Gibalta rail accident Railway accident 31 March 1952 Oeiras 10 [19]
1998 Azores Islands earthquake Earthquake 9 July 1998 Azores 10 [42]

Notes

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  1. ^ Although the tragedy happened in the context of a battle between French and Portuguese troops, the collapse of the bridge was an accident not directly caused by the battle.

References

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  2. ^ "NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  3. ^ "The losses". Quake Museum - Expect the unexpected. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  4. ^ "8 of the Most Devastating Bridge Collapses". HISTORY. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  5. ^ Vlachou, Foteini (2009). "Painting the Battle of Porto, March 29, 1809: The "desastre da ponte das barcas" in its Portuguese and French context". Revista de Estudos Anglo-Portugueses (18). Centre for English, Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies: 49–68. ISSN 0871-682X.
  6. ^ Caldeira, Bento; Fontiela, João; Borges, José F.; Bezzeghoud, Mourad (2017). "Large earthquakes in the Azores". Física de la Tierra (29): 29–45.
  7. ^ Lusa, Agência. "Açores sofreram há 497 anos o sismo "mais destruidor" na história do arquipélago". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Vila Franca recebeu colóquio internacional sobre catástrofes naturais (Vídeo)". RTP Açores (in European Portuguese). 23 June 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  9. ^ Sá, Luis; Morales‑Esteban, Antonio; Durand Neyra, Percy (October 2018). "The 1531 earthquake revisited: loss estimation in a historical perspective". Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 16 (10): 4533–4559. doi:10.1007/s10518-018-0367-z.
  10. ^ Lusa, Agência. "Terramoto de 1757 em São Jorge causou mil mortes e foi o mais violento dos Açores". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  11. ^ Henriques, Paula. "Centenas morreram na Madeira há 217 anos em aluvião". Diário de Noticías Madeira (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  12. ^ da Silva Costa, Francisco; Cardina, Miguel; Batista Vieira, António Avelino (July 2016). "As inundações de 1967 na região de Lisboa - Uma catástrofe com diferentes leituras". Investigaciones Geográficas (in Portuguese) (51): 103. doi:10.5354/0719-5370.2016.41749. hdl:10316/35301.
  13. ^ "Accident Boeing 707-331B N7231T". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  14. ^ "Accident Boeing 727-282 CS-TBR". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  15. ^ "San Pedro de Alcantara". www.abc.se. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  16. ^ Silva, Claudia Carvalho (12 February 2023). "Ciclone de 1941: o "demónio" de vento que varreu Portugal". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  17. ^ "Catástrofe ferroviária de Custóias ocupou toda a 1.ª página". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  18. ^ PÚBLICO (18 June 2017). "Maiores tragédias em Portugal". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  19. ^ a b c d "Visão | Os acidentes mais graves com comboios portugueses". Visão (in European Portuguese). 9 September 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  20. ^ Monteiro, Alexandre (1 January 2012). "O naufrágio da nau da prata Nuestra Señora del Rosario (Tróia, 1589)". Al-madan, IIª série, nº 17.
  21. ^ Ferreira, Marta Leite. "Sismo dos Açores em 1980. A história do terramoto mais destrutivo dos últimos 200 anos em Portugal". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  22. ^ "Accident Lockheed C-130H Hercules 7772". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  23. ^ Alberti, Mia (15 June 2018). "Portugal's wildfire that broke a community". BBC. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  24. ^ "KLM-Viasa DC-8 tragedy". Flight: 814. 8 June 1961. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  25. ^ Talixa, Jorge (11 April 2009). "Centenário do sismo de 1909 que arrasou Benavente e Samora Correia será assinalado com novo simulacro". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  26. ^ "Victims of Portugal's deadly bridge collapse remembered 20 years on". euronews. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  27. ^ "Accident McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF PH-MBN". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  28. ^ "O dia que mudou a Madeira para sempre [grande reportagem]". Expresso (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  29. ^ "O dia mais negro da linha de Cascais". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). 10 April 2004. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  30. ^ "O 11 de Setembro de Alcafache foi há 25 anos". Público. Archived from the original on 28 January 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
  31. ^ "Accident Lockheed L-749-79-46 Constellation F-BAZN". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  32. ^ "Incêndios de Outubro provocaram 45 mortos e 70 feridos, e atingiram 1.500 casas e 500 empresas". www.jornaldenegocios.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  33. ^ "Accident Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 10R HB-ICK". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  34. ^ "Accident British Aerospace ATP CS-TGM". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  35. ^ "29 dead in tourist bus crash on Portugal's Madeira Island - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  36. ^ Lusa (7 October 2018). "O maior fogo de sempre na serra de Sintra foi há 52 anos. Morreram 25 militares". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  37. ^ "'Human error' blamed for Portuguese train crash - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  38. ^ "Homenagem aos bombeiros mortos há 20 anos". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  39. ^ Rodrigues, Sandra (8 September 2015). "Capacetes na Serra de Lumiares para recordar a morte de 14 bombeiros de Armamar". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  40. ^ "Visão | O sismo desconhecido: Sessenta anos depois, Portugal foi atingido por um abalo quase tão forte como o de 1755, dizem estudiosos". Visão (in European Portuguese). 4 August 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  41. ^ "Inquérito preliminar atribui todas as culpas ao motorista". Diário de Lisboa. 11 April 1989. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  42. ^ "UPI Focus: Strong earthquake kills 10 in Azores - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
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