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Historic Earthquake
1916 Dominican Republic Earthquake
24 April 1916 · Santo Dominigo · Dominican Republic
On 24 April 1916 at 04:26 UTC, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the Dominican Republic (Santo Dominigo), at a depth of 80 km. It occurred on the Caribbean Plate, 132 km from its boundary with the North American Plate (oceanic transform fault).
- Date
- 24 April 1916
- Time
- 04:26 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.2
- Depth
- 80 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Plate
- Caribbean Plate
- Country
- Dominican Republic
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1946Northeastern Coast · M 7.575 deaths
- 19461946 Dominican Republic Earthquake · M 7.91,790 deaths
- 19431943 Puerto Rico Earthquake · M 7.7
- 19181918 San Fermín Earthquake · M 7.1144 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth