1751_Port-au-Prince_earthquake

1751 Port-au-Prince earthquake

1751 Port-au-Prince earthquake

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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]

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Seismological analysis

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

References

  1. [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. [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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