June 11, 1641 Earthquake: Caracas,la Guaira,cua, Venezuela
An earthquake struck Caracas,la Guaira,cua, Venezuela on June 11, 1641 at 12:45 UTC. It killed 200 people.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- June 11, 1641
- Time
- 12:45 UTC
- Place
- Caracas,la Guaira,cua, Venezuela
- Intensity
- 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 10.900° N, 66.700° W
- Country
- Venezuela
The toll
- Deaths
- 200
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
200 deaths approximately. (reference #14452)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- March 26, 1812, La Guaira, Venezuela
- April 12, 1878, Cua, Charallave, San Diego, Venezuela
- July 30, 1967, Venezuela
- October 29, 1900, Macuto, Venezuela
- February 6, 1874, Northern Venezuela
- 1906, Maiquetia, Venezuela
- January 31, 1906, Caracas, Venezuela
- September 10, 1837, Santa Teresa del Tuy,santa Lucia, Venezuela
- March 7, 1879, Curiepe,san Juan DE Los Morro, Venezuela
- November 12, 1916, Ocumare DE LA Costa DE Oro, Venezuela
- September 12, 2009, Carabobo, Venezuela
- May 4, 1989, Falcon, Carabobo, Caracas, Venezuela
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 952.