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The following article describes the history of the Azores, an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the Macaronesia region of the North Atlantic Ocean, about 1,400 km (870 mi) west of Lisbon, about 1,500 km (930 mi) northwest of Morocco, and about 1,930 km (1,200 mi) southeast of Newfoundland, Canada.
The Bayou Corne sinkhole (French: Doline de Bayou Corne) was created from a collapsed underground salt dome cavern operated by Texas Brine Company and owned by Occidental Petroleum. The sinkhole , located near the community of Bayou Corne in northern Assumption Parish , Louisiana , was discovered on August 3, 2012, and 350 nearby residents were ...
1755 — A tsunami reached the Azores following the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. It ruined a large number of buildings in number of parishes. Almost all of its ports in the Azores suffered great destruction and many boats were lost. The wave reached about 10 palms (about 150 m) and up to 80 palms (about 120 m). 1757 - Earthquake in São Jorge, 9 ...
Gaspar Frutuoso wrote Saudades da Terra, the first history of the Azores and Macaronesia, in the 1580s.. A small number of alleged hypogea (underground structures carved into rocks) have been identified on the islands of Corvo, Santa Maria, and Terceira by Portuguese archaeologist Nuno Ribeiro, who speculated that they might date back 2,000 years, implying a human presence on the island before ...
1939 Azores earthquake (8 May 1939) 1950 Praia da Vitória earthquake (29 December 1950) 1952 São Miguel earthquake (26 June 1952) 1958 Capelinhos earthquake (13 May 1958) 1964 Rosais earthquake (21 February 1964) 1973 Santa Luzia-Santo António earthquake (23 November 1973) 1980 Azores Islands earthquake (1 January 1980)
A secondary phase began around 28,750 years ago and was responsible for the collapse of the northwest portion of the primitive caldera. [3] Around 15,740 years ago the last phase, marked by the collapse of the northern and northeastern portions of the crater occurred. [3]
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The 1901 Louisiana hurricane was the first hurricane to make landfall in Louisiana in the month of August or earlier since 1888. [1] The fourth tropical cyclone and second hurricane of the season , this storm developed southwest of the Azores on August 2.