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1755 Lisbon earthquake, a Rare card
The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon earthquake, occurred in the Iberian Peninsula and Northwest Africa area on the morning of Saturday, 1 November, 1755, it took place at approximately 09:40 local time.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 70
- Power
- 143
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 280,000
Ranked #2,069 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
1755 Lisbon earthquake quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the 1755 Lisbon earthquake card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In combination with subsequent fires and a ______, the earthquake almost completely destroyed Lisbon and adjoining areas.
Answer
tsunami. In combination with subsequent fires and a tsunami, the earthquake almost completely destroyed Lisbon and adjoining areas. From the 1755 Lisbon earthquake article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
African buffalo. African buffalo 78 · 1755 Lisbon earthquake 73 · 1999 Martha's Vineyard plane crash 69 · Chinchilla 65 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- In combination with subsequent fires and a tsunami, the earthquake almost completely destroyed Lisbon and adjoining areas.
- Seismologists estimate the Lisbon earthquake had a magnitude of 7.7 or greater on the moment magnitude scale, with its epicenter in the Atlantic Ocean about 200 km west-southwest of Cape St. Vincent, a cape in the Algarve region, and about 290 km southwest of Lisbon.
- Chronologically, it was the third known large-scale earthquake to hit the city.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The 1755 Lisbon earthquake article was read about 280,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 70: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, 1755 Lisbon earthquake (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : USGS, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
