What the records say
- When
- 7 Jun 1692
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Where
- Jamaica
- Coordinates
- 17.80° N, 76.70° W
- Deaths
- 3000
- Depth km
- 10
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1692 Jamaica earthquake
Earthquake and tsunami in British Jamaica
The 1692 Jamaica earthquake struck Port Royal, Jamaica, on 7 June. A stopped pocket watch found in the harbour during a 1959 excavation indicated that it occurred around 11:43 AM local time.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Jamaica earthquake: An earthquake and related tsunami destroy Port Royal, capital of Jamaica, and submerge a major part of it”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ямайское землетрясение магнитудой 7,5 разрушило большую часть города Порт-Ройял (Ямайка)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en la isla caribeña de Jamaica, a las 11:43, un terremoto de 7,5 y un tsunami destruyen la ciudad de Port Royal”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page