1770 Port-au-Prince earthquake

1770 Port-au-Prince earthquake
Local date3 June 1770 (1770-06-03)
Local time19:15
Magnitude7.5Mw[1]
Depth10 km (6 mi)
Epicenter18°25′N 72°47′W / 18.42°N 72.79°W / 18.42; -72.79[2]
Areas affectedSaint-Domingue, Captaincy General of Santo Domingo, Jamaica
Max. intensityMMI X (Extreme)[3]
TsunamiYes
Casualties250+

The 1770 Port-au-Prince earthquake took place at 7:15 pm local time on June 3, on the Enriquillo fault near Port-au-Prince, Saint-Domingue, the French colony that is now the country of Haiti.[4]

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  4. ^ Scherer, J. (1912). "Great earthquakes in the island of Haiti". Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 2 (3). Seismological Society of America: 174–179. Bibcode:1912BuSSA...2..161S. doi:10.1785/BSSA0020030161. S2CID 130544015. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-07-13.

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