Earthquake — Dominican Republic: Northeastern Coast

Wann

4. Aug. 1946

Art

Erdbeben

Magnitude

7.9

Position

Dominican Republic

Koordinaten

19.25° N, 69.00° W

Deaths

1790

Depth km

15

8.1 magnitude scale earthquake and tsunami near Dominican Republic

The 1946 Dominican Republic earthquake occurred on August 4 at 13:51 AST near Samaná, Dominican Republic. It was the largest earthquake to occur in the instrumental era in the Caribbean. It generated a tsunami that was observed as far as New Jersey. A total of 1,790 deaths were reported.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „The 1946 Dominican Republic earthquake (magnitude 8.0) hits the northern Dominican Republic, killing 100 and leaving 20,000 homeless“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „Beim Erdbeben in der Dominikanischen Republik 1946 und dem darauf folgenden Tsunami sterben rund 1.790 Menschen“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „se registra un fuerte terremoto de 8,1 en República Dominicana que genera un tsunami que se observa en gran parte del mar Caribe y el noroeste del océano…“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „多明尼加發生地震, 造成100人死亡。“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite

• Tsunami — Northeastern Coast4. Aug. 1946 · Tsunami