Earthquake — Guadeloupe: Pointe-A-Pitre

Cuándo

8 feb 1843

Tipo

Terremoto

Magnitud

8.5

Ubicación

Guadeloupe

Coordenadas

16.73° N, 61.17° W

Deaths

5000

Intensity mmi

9

Depth km

33

Situado en la zona, no en un sitio exacto.

Earthquake affecting the Caribbean

The 1843 Guadeloupe earthquake occurred at 10:37 local time on 8 February in the island of Guadeloupe in the Lesser Antilles. It had an estimated magnitude of 8.5, making it the strongest recorded earthquake in the Caribbean and a maximum perceived intensity of shaking of IX on the Mercalli intensity scale. The earthquake was felt widely throughout the Caribbean and as far away as New York.

De Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Leer el artículo

• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainPágina de la fuente
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · lo llama “The 1843 Guadeloupe Earthquake hits the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, killing 1,500–5,000 people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página de la fuente
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · lo llama “tremblement de terre à Pointe-à-Pitre”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página de la fuente
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · lo llama “La isla de Guadalupe, en el mar Caribe, es golpeada por un terremoto de 8,5, que destruye la ciudad de Pointe-à-Pitre y mata entre 1500 y 5000 personas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página de la fuente

• Tsunami — Pointe-A-Pitre8 feb 1843 · Tsunami