1755 Lisbon earthquake a benevolent deity. The Lisbon disaster provided a counterexample. As Theodor Adorno wrote, "[t]he earthquake of Lisbon sufficed to cure Voltaire of the theodicy of Leibniz" ("Negative Dialectics" 361). In the later twentieth century, the 1755 earthquake has sometimes been compared to the Holocaust as a catastrophe that transformed European culture and philosophy. Jean-Jacques Rousseau was also influenced by the devastation following the earthquake, whose severity he believed was due to too many people living within the close quarters of the city. Rousseau used the earthquake as an argument against cities as part of his desire for a more naturalistic
2012 Visayas earthquake Most of the damage happened in north Negros Oriental, which is more mountainous than the rest of Negros Oriental. Among the properties destroyed by the earthquake are the public market and the courthouse of Guihulngan. The Aglipay Church in La Libertad also collapsed. 2012 Visayas earthquake The 2012 Visayas earthquake occurred on February 6 at with a body wave magnitude of 6.7 and a maximum intensity of VII ("Destructive") off the coast of Negros Oriental, Philippines. The epicenter of the submarine blind thrust earthquake was approximately north of the provincial capital of Dumaguete City. Recorded intensities according to the PHIVOLCS