Earthquake — Puerto Rico: Mona Passage

When

11 Oct 1918

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.1

Where

Usa Territory

Coordinates

18.70° N, 67.19° W

Deaths

144

Missing

100

Damage musd

4

Intensity mmi

9

Depth km

15

Earthquake that struck Puerto Rico

The 1918 San Fermín earthquake, also known as the Puerto Rico earthquake of 1918, struck the island of Puerto Rico at 10:14:42 local time on October 11. The earthquake measured 7.1 on the moment magnitude scale and IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale. The mainshock epicenter occurred off the northwestern coast of the island, somewhere along the Puerto Rico Trench.

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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 “The magnitude (Mw) 7.1 San Fermín earthquake shakes Puerto Rico with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 76–116 people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Das Erdbeben bei Puerto Rico 1918 ist von zahlreichen Nachbeben begleitet”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un terremoto de 7,1 sacude el área oeste de la isla de Puerto Rico provocando un tsunami que deja 118 fallecidos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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