Tsunami — Puerto Rico: Mona Passage

When

11 Oct 1918

Kind

Tsunami

Coordinates

18.70° N, 67.19° W

Deaths

144

Damage musd

4

Max water height m

6.1

Source quake magnitude

7.1

Runups

21

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

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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