1751 Port-au-Prince earthquake

1751 Port-au-Prince earthquake
Date November 21, 1751 (1751-11-21)
Magnitude 8.0 Ms
Countries or regions French Haiti
Casualties unknown

The 1751 Port-au-Prince earthquake occurred at 12:50 UTC on 21 November in French Haiti, followed by a sea wave. 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. ^ NGDC. "Comments for the Significant Earthquake". http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=1324&t=101650&s=13&d=22,26,13,12&nd=display. Retrieved 27 August 2010. 
  2. ^ Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Volumes 12-13Seismological Society of America, 1922.[1]