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In February 1969 Lisbon was shaken violently — a tremor that helped shed light on the mysteries of the 1755 earthquake. But it did not explain everything, which means we only know that Lisbon will shake again.
Seismic risk in Portugal is known, studied and quantifiable. What remains lacking is not scientific information, but collective decision-making, civic commitment and sustained preventive action. History shows that inaction before a disaster always translates into human, social, environmental and economic costs that are incomparably higher afterwards. A ...
