Portugal
PRT · 2024 energy mix · renewables 38.1% · fossil fuels 60.3%
Threat reading 38 of 100, classified HIGH THREAT, HOLDING. 63 events recorded here in the last seven days, 63 in the last thirty.
That number is computed from live feeds and moves. The live monitor is where to read it as of right now.
Where its energy comes from
| Oil | 46.4% |
|---|---|
| Gas | 13.9% |
| Hydro | 13.7% |
| Wind | 13.3% |
| Solar | 6.5% |
| Other renewables | 4.6% |
In 2024, renewables accounted for 38.1% and fossil fuels for 60.3%. On electricity traded with its neighbours, Portugal is a net importer of electricity.
Sources under one per cent of the mix are left out of the table rather than listed as a row of zeroes. Percentages are shares of a country's primary energy, not of the power it generates.
Recorded history
NOAA's hazard records hold 39 significant earthquakes, 12 tsunamis and 6 significant eruptions in or just off Portugal since 382.
The deadliest was the 1 November 1755 magnitude 8.5 earthquake (Portugal: Lisbon), which killed 50,000 people.
The most recent entry is the 9 July 1998 magnitude 6.2 earthquake (Azores: Faial, Pico, Terceira), which killed 10 people.
Across the entries that record a death toll, 91,235 people died.
| Date | What | Where | Toll |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 November 1755 | tsunami (waves to 18.3 m) | Lisbon | 50,000 dead, damage over $25 million |
| 1 November 1755 | magnitude 8.5 earthquake | Portugal: Lisbon | 50,000 dead, damage over $25 million |
| 26 January 1531 | magnitude 7.7 earthquake | Portugal: Lisbon | 30,000 dead, 1,500 homes destroyed, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 26 January 1531 | tsunami | Tagus River, Lisbon | 30,000 dead, 1,500 homes destroyed, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 22 October 1522 | earthquake | Azores: Sao Miguel Island | 5,000 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 28 January 1551 | earthquake | Portugal: Lisbon | 2,000 dead, 200 homes destroyed, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 9 July 1757 | tsunami | Azores | 1,053 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 9 July 1757 | eruption | Sao Jorge, Azores | 1,053 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 9 July 1757 | earthquake | Azores: Sao Jorge | 1,053 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 1151 | earthquake | Portugal: Lisbon | 1,000 dead, damage under $1 million |
| 21 December 1755 | earthquake | Portugal: Lisbon | 300 dead, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 3 September 1630 | VEI 4 eruption | Furnas, Azores | 200 dead |
| 24 May 1614 | tsunami (waves to 3 m) | Azores | 200 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| November 1587 | earthquake | Portugal: Loule | 170 dead, damage under $1 million |
| 1 January 1980 | magnitude 6.9 earthquake | Azores: Terceira, Angra Do Heroismo | 69 dead, 15,000 homes destroyed, $5 million damage |
| 1 January 1980 | tsunami (waves to 0.4 m) | Azores | 69 dead, 15,000 homes destroyed, $5 million damage |
| 23 April 1909 | magnitude 6.6 earthquake | Portugal: Ribatejo, Benavente | 30 dead, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 30 March 1761 | magnitude 8.5 earthquake | Portugal: Lisbon, Porto | 25 dead, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 28 February 1969 | magnitude 7.8 earthquake | Portugal; Morocco: Rabat, Sale; Spain: Canary Is | 25 dead, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 31 March 1761 | tsunami (waves to 2.4 m) | Sw Portugal | 25 dead, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 28 February 1969 | tsunami (waves to 0.9 m) | Portugal | 25 dead, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 4 March 1930 | tsunami (waves to 5 m) | Madeira Island | 19 dead, damage under $1 million |
| 6 June 1807 | earthquake | Portugal: Lisbon | 11 dead, damage under $1 million |
| 9 July 1847 | tsunami (waves to 7 m) | Azores | 10 dead |
| 9 July 1998 | magnitude 6.2 earthquake | Azores: Faial, Pico, Terceira | 10 dead, 1,500 homes destroyed, $72 million damage |
These are the 25 deadliest and largest of 57 entries. A dash means NOAA recorded no number, not that nobody died. Older entries are fewer because fewer were written down, not because less happened.
Recorded history: NOAA NCEI hazard databases, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-22.
In the last 30 days
The most recent events our feeds placed in Portugal:
- 7 November 2026: Orange Wind Warning for Madeira - Costa Norte
- 7 November 2026: Orange Wind Warning for Madeira - Costa Sul
- 7 November 2026: Orange Wind Warning for Madeira - Porto Santo
- 7 November 2026: Orange Wind Warning for Madeira - Regiões Montanhosas
- 7 November 2026: Yellow Wind Warning for Madeira - Costa Norte
- 7 November 2026: Yellow Wind Warning for Madeira - Costa Sul
- 7 November 2026: Yellow Wind Warning for Madeira - Porto Santo
- 7 November 2026: Yellow Wind Warning for Madeira - Regiões Montanhosas
- 7 November 2026: Orange Rain Warning for Madeira - Costa Norte
- 7 November 2026: Orange Rain Warning for Madeira - Regiões Montanhosas
What the threat reading is made of
| Conflict | 0 |
|---|---|
| Unrest | 0 |
| Security | 0 |
| Spillover from neighbours | 0 |
| Natural hazard | 65 |
| Resilience | 82 |
Each is 0 to 100. Resilience runs the other way to the rest: a high number is a country better able to absorb a shock, not a country in more trouble.
Other countries tracked
Where the data comes from
Energy mix, 2024: Our World in Data, energy dataset (https://github.com/owid/energy-data), compiled by Pablo Rosado, Hannah Ritchie, Edouard Mathieu and Max Roser from the Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. Licence: Our World in Data's own compilation is CC BY 4.0. The underlying figures stay under their original terms: Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, U.S. EIA, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. The percentages shown here and the wording are ours. Threat reading: computed by Rift Web from the feeds listed on the sources page.