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Earthquake at Fayal Report From Azores Strait
From Lisbon an account dated February reports a dawn earthquake on Fayal in the Azores. Fierce subterranean noises and flames accompanied the shocks, leaving inhabitants in prayer and fearing the world’s dissolution as the event lasted most of the day.
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Lisbon
Fayal
Azores
Naples
Rome
Capua
Vienna
Gaeta
Leiden
Count Thaun
d’Oyta
Barcelona
Sardinia
Gulf of
Salerno
Francfort
Hesle-Caffel
Rhinfels
Great Britain
Hesse
Mentz
Saar