1751 Port-au-Prince earthquake
1751 Port-au-Prince earthquake is located in Haiti
1751 Port-au-Prince earthquake
Local dateNovember 21, 1751 (1751-11-21)
Magnitude8.0 Ms
Epicenter18°30′N 72°18′W / 18.5°N 72.3°W / 18.5; -72.3
Areas affectedFrench Haiti
Casualtiesunknown

The 1751 Port-au-Prince earthquake occurred at 12:50 UTC on 21 November in French Haiti, followed by a tsunami. Another earthquake was reported at the same location on 15 September of the same year and it is uncertain whether the two reports refer to the same event.[1]

Seismological analysis

Later seismologists attributed the 1751 earthquake, like that of 1910, to adjustments along the Southern Trough.[2]

References

  1. ^ National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (1972). "Significant Earthquake Information". doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K.
  2. ^ Taber, S. (1922), "The seismic belt in the Greater Antilles", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 12 (4), Seismological Society of America: 208, Bibcode:1922BuSSA..12..199T, doi:10.1785/BSSA0120040199
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