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Historic Earthquake
1906 Martinique Earthquake
3 December 1906 · Martinique
On 3 December 1906 at 22:59 UTC, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Martinique, at a depth of 100 km. It occurred on the Caribbean Plate, 254 km from its boundary with the South American Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 3 December 1906
- Time
- 22:59 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.9
- Depth
- 100 km
- Plate
- Caribbean Plate
- Country
- Martinique
- Nearest Volcano
- Mount Pelée (28 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20072007 Martinique Earthquake · M 7.41 deaths
- 19741974 Lesser Antilles Earthquake · M 7.4
- 1969Grand Bourg · M 7.2
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth