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Historic Earthquake
1907 Kingston Earthquake
14 January 1907 · Kingston · Jamaica
On 14 January 1907 at 20:38 UTC, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Jamaica (Kingston), at a depth of 15 km. It occurred on the Caribbean Plate, 131 km from its boundary with the North American Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 1,000 people.
- Date
- 14 January 1907
- Time
- 20:38 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.2
- Depth
- 15 km
- Deaths
- 1,000
- Estimated Damage
- 30 million US dollars
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (2.5 m wave)
- Plate
- Caribbean Plate
- Country
- Jamaica
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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