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The last tsunami to cause significant damage in Puerto Rico was on October 11, 1918 which was generated by the 1918 Aguadilla earthquake. There have been more recent tsunami events, such as in 1946, which did not cause significant damage to the island. The last earthquakes to cause loss of life were the 2020 southwestern Puerto Rico sequence of ...
2019–20 Puerto Rico earthquakes. Starting on December 28, 2019, [7] and progressing into 2020, the southwestern part of the island of Puerto Rico was struck by an earthquake swarm, [8] including 11 that were of magnitude 5 or greater. [9] The largest and most damaging of this sequence was a magnitude 6.4 Mw, which occurred on January 7 at 04: ...
Further damage was reported. Deadliest event of 1979. 600 people were killed in the 1979 Tumaco earthquake and a tsunami which was generated. 20,000 people were injured. 10,000 homes were destroyed and costs reached $8 million (1979 rate). 8 people were killed and 162 were hurt. 2,500 homes were destroyed.
The following list compiles known earthquakes that have caused one or more fatalities since 1900. The list incorporates high-quality earthquake source (i.e., origin time, location and earthquake magnitude) and fatality information from several sources. Earthquake locations are taken from the Centennial Catalog [ 1 ] and the updated Engdahl, van ...
The 2010 Moca earthquake, also referred to as the 2010 Puerto Rico earthquake ( Spanish: temblor de Puerto Rico de 2010 ), occurred on May 16 at 1:16 a.m. local time in Moca, Puerto Rico. [1] The earthquake measured 5.8 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI ( Strong ). This was the largest earthquake to strike ...
0–9. 1787 Boricua earthquake. 1867 Virgin Islands earthquake and tsunami. 1918 San Fermín earthquake. 2010 Aguas Buenas earthquake. 2010 Moca earthquake. 2019–20 Puerto Rico earthquakes.
Death toll may have been a historical conflation with earthquakes on November 1137 in the Jazira plain and the 1138 Aleppo earthquake. [11] 5 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami: December 26, 2004: Sumatra, Indonesia: 227,898: 9.1–9.3: Death toll includes those missing and presumed dead. [10] 6 1138 Aleppo earthquake: October 11, 1138
Earthquake March 22 1967 10,000 1967 Paradip cyclone [14] India Tropical cyclone October 26 1968 15,000 1968 Dasht-e Bayaz and Ferdows earthquakes: Iran Earthquake August 31 1969 3,000 1969 Yangjiang earthquake: China July 26 1970 300,000-500,000 1970 Bhola cyclone: India, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) Tropical cyclone November 13 1971 100,000