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The 1907 Kingston earthquake which shook the capital of the island of Jamaica with a magnitude of 6.2 on the moment magnitude scale on Monday January 14, at about 3:30 p.m. local time (20:36 UTC), is described by the United States Geological Survey as one of the world's deadliest earthquakes recorded in history. [2]
The Gonâve microplate, showing the main fault zones that bound it. The island of Jamaica lies on the boundary between the Caribbean plate and the Gonâve microplate.The Gonâve microplate is a 1,100 km (680 mi) long strip of mainly oceanic crust formed by the Cayman spreading ridge within a strike-slip pull-apart basin on the northern transform margin of the Caribbean plate with the North ...
Jamaica: 7.5 M w ~5,000: Tsunami: 1690-04-16: Antigua, Saint Kitts and Nevis: 8.0 M s: IX: Some: Destructive tsunami [3] Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists.
An earthquake struck along the southern coast of Hispaniola in 1751. [4] A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince in 1770. The 1907 Kingston earthquake damaged every building in Kingston, Jamaica. [1] The 2010 magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred near Port-au-Prince along blind thrust faults associated with this fault ...
A 5.4 magnitude earthquake hit Jamaica on Monday, prompting people to flee buildings amid heavy shaking that knocked out power in some areas but appeared to cause no serious damage. Food, wine ...
Radio host Cliff Hughes was in the middle of a live on-air interview when a earthquake began shaking his studio, prompting him to dive under his desk. The 5.4 magnitude earthquake hit Jamaica on ...
1692 Jamaica earthquake; 1766 Southeastern Caribbean earthquake; 1839 Martinique earthquake; 1867 Virgin Islands earthquake and tsunami; 1907 Kingston earthquake; 1946 Dominican Republic earthquake; 1974 Lesser Antilles earthquake; 1984 San Pedro Basin earthquake; 2003 Dominican Republic earthquake; 2004 Les Saintes earthquake; 2020 Caribbean ...
Moderately damaging earthquakes strike between New York and Wilmington, Delaware, about twice a century, the USGS said, and smaller earthquakes are felt in the region roughly every two to three years.