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Tourists feel ‘hotel shake’ in 4.6 magnitude quake rocks Portugal

Lottie Casas September 4, 2018

Tourists feel their ‘whole hotel shake’ as earthquake measuring 4.6 magnitude rocks Portugal 

Tourists feel their ‘whole hotel shake’ as earthquake measuring 4.6 magnitude rocks Portugal

  • Panicked tourists tweeted their alarm from hotels in Porto and other resorts 
  • The quake’s epicenter was located off the coast 157 km northwest of Leiria
  • Residents reported hearing buildings shake under the force of the tremors

A huge 5.2 magnitude earthquake has rocked Portugal sending scores of terrified holidaymakers into a panic.

Tourists said they ‘felt their whole hotel shake’ as the tremors struck at around 5.12 am BST time this morning.

The epicenter of the quake was just off the coast of Portugal – 157 km northwest of Leiria which is around two hours drive south of Porto. 

One holidaymaker in Porto posted on the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre website: ‘Initially it felt like if a heavy vehicle (a few tons) had hit the house, and then it felt like it dwindeled until it stopped.’


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The earthquake’s epicenter was located off the cost of Portugal with the closest town being Leiria

Another, also in Porto, said: ‘I was awaken by a strong but short (few seconds) vibration that shook the bed quite strongly.’

One person, in Coimbra, said: ‘I could feel the building gently swaying and hear the structure of the building cracking.’ 

And a British tourist wrote on Twitter: ‘Was that an earthquake in Porto? Whole hotel shook!’

Only last year Lisbon was hit by a 4.3 magnitude earthquake which struck in the middle of the night.

Its epicentre was 23 miles north-west of Lisbon and the estimated population in the area which felt the tremors is around 3.5 million people.

A 1755 earthquake which devastated the city is recorded as the largest in the country’s history.

The six-minute long quake, which was followed by a tsunami, killed tens of thousands in Lisbon alone, destroying 85 per cent of the city’s buildings. 

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