What the records say
- When
- 14 Jan 1907
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 18.67° N, 76.24° W
- Deaths
- 1000
- Damage musd
- 30
- Max water height m
- 2.5
- Source quake magnitude
- 6.2
- Runups
- 12
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1907 Kingston earthquake
Earthquake in Jamaica
The 1907 Kingston earthquake which shook the capital of the island of Jamaica with a magnitude of 6.2 on the moment magnitude scale on Monday 14 January, at about 3:30 p.m. local time, is described by the United States Geological Survey as one of the world's deadliest earthquakes recorded in history.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page