September which ended at the beginning of November. The localization was in the eruptive centre. 1720 — Eruption in Soldão, Lajes do Pico on 10 July. 1720 — Eruption in Banco D. João de Castro. 1730 — Earthquake caused destruction to parish of Luz in Graciosa. On 13 June a violent earthquake destroyed the whole parish of Luz in Graciosa. 1744 — A tropical cyclone struck the island of Picl, ruining the parishes of Praina do Galeão, Praia do Norte and São Roque and also in Água de Pau. 1755 — A tsunami reached the Azores following the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. It ruined a large number of buildings in number of parishes. Almost all of its ports in the Azores suffered great destruction and many boats were lost. The wave reached about 10 palms (about 150 m) and up to 80 palms (about 120 m). 1757 - Earthquake in São Jorge, 9 July 1757. Located nearest to Calheta and Ribeira Seca. More than 1000 people throughout the island died. 1759–1760 — An earthquake in Faial, which began on 24 December 1759, was the greatest earthquake in the island's history and followed by many tremors. Another quake occurred on 4 January. 1761 — Eruption on Pico Gordo, Terceira which started in November 1760 and created violent tremors which continued until 14 April. Another eruption happened on 21 April in the same year. 1761 — A tropical hurricane affected the central group of the Azores Islands on 29 September. 1779 — A tropical storm, on the night of 30–31 October, once again caused destruction in the central group of the islands. 1779 — Epidemic in Flores. 1787 — In March a seismic crisis in Graciosa shook the island and caused considerable damage. 1800 — An earthquake in the northeastern portion of Terceira, in the afternoon of 24 June, destroyed a good part of the buildings of the parishes and villages of northeastern Terceira. 19th century 1801 — Earthquake in São Sebastião, the sequence of the earthquake in the previous year, new earthquake with larger intensity reached the same parishes. Damage was mainly to São Sebastião, a beach settlement near Cabo da Praia. 1808 — Eruption in Urzelina, São Jorge 1811 — A volcanic eruption occurred at the shore of Ferraria, São Miguel creating the short-lived Sabrina Island named after the British frigate HMS Sabrina, whose captain, Commander James Tillard, first identified the