Overall Green Earthquake alert in Brazil on 30 Aug 2020 10:44 UTC

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M 4.6 in Brazil on 30 Aug 2020 10:44 UTC

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Farmers had no idea they had a fault line in their backyard - until quake struck

Thu, 03 Sep 2020 09:24:00 +0200Stuff (en)

Brazil ian-born Guadagnin, then working as a farmhand, had never experienced an earthquake before. ''I thought it was the end of the world,'' he said this week. READ MORE: His co-worker and friend, fellow Brazilian Filipe Casagrande, was riding a quad bike on the farm, in the middle of 500 terrified cows, when the earthquake hit.

The Earthquake That Brought Enlightenment

Tue, 01 Sep 2020 09:13:00 +0200hakaimagazine (en)

The Great Lisbon Earthquake is the epitome of Portugal’s paradoxical relationship with the sea. For centuries leading up to the disaster, Portugal had grown fat on the bounty of a vast maritime empire that sprawled from Brazil to India—yet seafaring was generally reviled in Portuguese society and....

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