1691 Earthquake: Azua, Dominican Republic
An earthquake struck Azua, Dominican Republic in 1691.
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
- 1691
- Place
- Azua, Dominican Republic
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 18.300° N, 70.400° W
- Country
- Dominican Republic
The toll
- 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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- August 4, 1946, Northeastern Coast, Dominican Republic
- August 8, 1946, Northeastern Coast, Dominican Republic
- May 9, 1673, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- June 24, 1984, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- September 22, 2003, Puerto Plata, Santiago, Dominican Republic
- October 18, 1751, Azua DE Compostela, Dominican Republic
- December 29, 1897, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- September 8, 1615, Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic
- June 11, 1971, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- January 30, 1776, W, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic
- April 20, 1564, Concepcion DE LA Vega, Dominican Republic
- 1502, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- 1684, Santo Domingo,azua, Dominican Republic
- 1783, Santiago DE Los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
- October 16, 2003, Moca, Santiago, Dominican Republic
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Significant earthquakes of 1691The 1600sRecent earthquakes near here
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 1122.