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Historic Earthquake
1969 Guadeloupe Earthquake
25 December 1969 · Grand Bourg · Guadeloupe
On 25 December 1969 at 21:32 UTC, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Guadeloupe (Grand Bourg), at a depth of 7 km. It occurred on the Caribbean Plate, 99 km from its boundary with the South American Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 25 December 1969
- Time
- 21:32 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.2
- Depth
- 7 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VI (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Caribbean Plate
- Country
- Guadeloupe
- Nearest Volcano
- Morne Watt (180 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
- 1906Martinique · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth