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Witness location : Sintra (Portugal) (3 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 33 min

Um ruido enorme com vibração durante 3 a 4 segundos. Pensei tratar-se de um avião a despenhar-se.

Witness location : Sintra (Portugal) (4 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1215 min

Very loud and felt very violent, two distinct "explosions" one immediately after the other. Thought a tree had fell on the house or an aircraft had crashed nearby!

Witness location : Sintra (Portugal) (4 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 240 min

Vibração curta, com ruído surdo. Os cães não se manifestaram.

Witness location : (Portugal) (6 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 498 min

i felt the bed shaking for 2 seconds.

Witness location : Alcabideche (Portugal) (7 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 43 min

It felt like a big truck was passinh right next to my room. Everything started shaking but it was only for a few seconds (4-5). Clearly a magnitude 3 in the ritcher scale and I would say a IV in the Mercalli scale!

Witness location : Alcabideche (Portugal) (8 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 110 min

Felt a slight to moderate vertical vibration, almost like a truck passing by, maybe 4/5 sec. First shake stronger and the following fading down. All the neighborhood dogs started barking.

Witness location : Alcabideche (Portugal) (8 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

First time ever feeling an earthquake. You had to be awake to feel it and my silly dog didn't even wope up.

Witness location : Alcabideche (Portugal) (8 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 60 min

The cat run away, and i feel scare, never feel one so strong

Witness location : Alcabideche (Portugal) (8 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 66 min

First time i felt one. Was assleep and woke you with a huge bang! My dog also didn't woke up...bastard!!

Witness location : Sintra (Portugal) (9 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 140 min

Ruído forte mas rápido. As janelas tremeram.

Witness location : Sintra (Portugal) (9 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 148 min

Ruído forte mas rápido. As janelas tremeram.

Witness location : Estoril (Portugal) (9 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

Not very strong but felt it

Witness location : Alcabideche (Portugal) (10 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 38 min

Loud noise, much vibration like a shockwave

Witness location : Estoril (Portugal) (10 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 385 min

Shift in estoril

Witness location : Alcabideche (Portugal) (10 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

Huge impact like a truck hitted my House.

Witness location : Estoril (Portugal) (10 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

Estava no RC e senti o chão tremer com algum ruído. O cão não se manifestou.

Witness location : Alcabideche (Portugal) (10 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Stong and quick. No damage

Witness location : São João das Lampas (Portugal) (10 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 655 min

Som bastante alto e em crescendo. A casa tremeu pouco. Como moro numa zona rual sem qualquer ru�do de fundo sentiu-se bastante. Os animais reagiram. O meu c�o ladrou.

Witness location : Estoril (Portugal) (10 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 706 min

Felt it especially as a golf trophy rattled

Witness location : Alcabideche (Portugal) (10 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Short and sharp.

Witness location : São Domingos de Rana (Portugal) (11 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

Listen to the pets!

Witness location : Parede (Portugal) (11 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 503 min

4-5 Seconds shake not too strong but worring,  not sure what was going to happen after that,  but then the eary silence and there after everything was back to normal

Witness location : Parede (Portugal) (11 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 710 min

While reading in bed, I felt the bed and my head violently shake. It was brief, though - 2-secs. I knew what it was and waited for eventual repetitions. That was all. My dog didn't bark.

Witness location : Parede (Portugal) (11 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 296 min

I just heard the bedroom window shaking and the bed vibrating for about three/four seconds,nothing much, but I just knew what it was, because there was no traffic on the street and everything was silent at that time.

Witness location : São Domingos de Rana (Portugal) (11 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 30 min

tremeram vários objetos. Durou 2/3 segundos

Witness location : Aldeia de Juzo (Portugal) (11 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 468 min

Noise and vibration, felt like a wave, aproaching from Sintra direction and receding out towards coast. Alarming but,short.

Witness location : Parede (Portugal) (11 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 370 min

A few seconds. Enough to shake the bed!

Witness location : Cascais (Portugal) (11 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 137 min

It was lime a explosion for 2-3 minutes gere in cascais .Short and strong. Dogs did nos like and neither do I.

Witness location : Colares (Portugal) (11 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 370 min

The noise before the earthquake was awfall

Witness location : São Domingos de Rana (Portugal) (11 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

Super quick, less than 2 seconds

Witness location : São Domingos de Rana (Portugal) (11 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Felt the wooden floor vibrate beneath my bare feet.

Witness location : Cascais (Portugal) (12 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 664 min

Sound of a large rumble followed by a wave passing underneath the building