What the records say
- When
- 7 Apr 1620
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Coordinates
- 33.81° S, 18.35° E
- Description
- The earliest recorded earthquake in South Africa occurs at Robben Island.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1620 Robben Island earthquake.
1620 Robben Island earthquake
1620 South Africa Earthquake
The 1620 Robben island earthquake is widely accepted as the oldest recorded earthquake in South African history. It reportedly occurred on 7 April 1620, off Robben Island, with a Mercalli intensity of II – IV (Weak–Light).
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- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Sudáfrica se registra un terremoto cerca de la isla Robben”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page