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
1692 Salta earthquake de Talavera de Madrid) was destroyed by the 1692 earthquake. The excavations were done within a area. They found a wall and one of the four towers of the fort that protected the city, located in Río Piedras, in the departament of Metán. 1692 Salta earthquake The 1692 Salta earthquake took place in the Province of Salta, in the Republic of Argentina on 13 September at . It registered 7.0 on the Richter magnitude scale and was located at a depth of . Aftershocks continued to be felt until 15 September. The destructive force of the 1692 Salta earthquake was