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Historic Earthquake
1900 San Narciso Earthquake
29 October 1900 · Macuto · Venezuela
On 29 October 1900 at 09:11 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Venezuela (Macuto). It occurred on the Caribbean Plate, 39 km from its boundary with the South American Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 25 people.
- Date
- 29 October 1900
- Time
- 09:11 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 25
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (10.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Caribbean Plate
- Country
- Venezuela
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Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth