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Jamaica: 7.5 M w ~5,000: Tsunami: 1690-04-16: Antigua, Saint Kitts and Nevis: 8.0 M s: IX: Some: Destructive tsunami [3] Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists.
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 January 14, at about 3:30 p.m. local time (20:36 UTC), is described by the United States Geological Survey as one of the world's deadliest earthquakes recorded in history. [2]
The Gonâve microplate, showing the main fault zones that bound it. The island of Jamaica lies on the boundary between the Caribbean plate and the Gonâve microplate.The Gonâve microplate is a 1,100 km (680 mi) long strip of mainly oceanic crust formed by the Cayman spreading ridge within a strike-slip pull-apart basin on the northern transform margin of the Caribbean plate with the North ...
A pie chart comparing the seismic moment release of the three largest earthquakes for the hundred-year period from 1906 to 2005 with that for all earthquakes of magnitudes <6, 6 to 7, 7 to 8, and >8 for the same period. The 2011 Japan quake would be roughly similar to Sumatra. Earthquakes of magnitude 8.0 and greater from 1900 to 2018.
Historical earthquakes is a list of significant earthquakes known to have occurred prior to the early 20th century. As the events listed here occurred before routine instrumental recordings — later followed by discoveries of Earth's tectonic plates, [1] seismotomography imaging technique, [2] observations using space satellites from outer space, [3] artificial intelligence (AI)-based ...
The tremor's epicenter was about 2 miles (4 kilometers) west-northwest of Hope Bay in northeastern Jamaica, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A 5.4 magnitude earthquake shakes Jamaica with ...
Radio host Cliff Hughes was in the middle of a live on-air interview when a earthquake began shaking his studio, prompting him to dive under his desk. The 5.4 magnitude earthquake hit Jamaica on ...
1824 – Jamaica Journal and Kingston Chronicle newspaper begins publication. [13] 1825 – Jamaica Horticultural Society founded. [10] 1834 Slavery officially abolished per Slavery Abolition Act. Jamaica Gleaner newspaper begins publication. [14] [15] Mico College founded. [2] 1843 26 August: Fire. [11] Agricultural Society founded. [16]