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Historic Earthquake
1918 San Fermín Earthquake
11 October 1918 · Mona Passage · Usa Territory
On 11 October 1918 at 14:14 UTC, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Usa Territory (Mona Passage), at a depth of 15 km. It occurred on the Caribbean Plate, 140 km from its boundary with the North American Plate (oceanic transform fault). It killed at least 144 people.
- Date
- 11 October 1918
- Time
- 14:14 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.1
- Depth
- 15 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 144
- Estimated Damage
- 4 million US dollars
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (6.1 m wave)
- Plate
- Caribbean Plate
- Country
- Usa Territory
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
- 1916Santo Dominigo · M 7.2
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth