M 8.0 Earthquakes - 1692, Jamaica
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One of the most destructive historic earthquakes to hit the Caribbean occurred on 7 June 1692 at 11:43 local time at Port Royal, Jamaica. Part of the coastal town subsided below sea level due to liquefaction of the underlying sands and gravels[1]. The magnitude has been estimated as being as high as 8.0 on the Richter scale[2].
fn1. Poncelot, J.L. 1997. Disaster Management in the Caribbean. Disasters. Vol. 21, pp 267-279
fn2. Wiggins-Grandison, M.D & Atakan, K. 2005. Seismotectonics of Jamaica. Geophysical Journal International. Vol. 160, pp 573-580
Event overview table
| No. Deaths | 5,000 |
| No. Injured | |
| No. Affected | |
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