September 1702 Earthquake: Martinique
An earthquake struck Martinique in September 1702.
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
- September 1702
- Place
- Martinique
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 14.400° N, 61.000° W
- Country
- Martinique
The toll
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 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.
- October 12, 1788, Saint Lucia
- January 11, 1839, Fort-De-France, St Pierre, Castries, Martinique
- November 29, 2007, Martinique
- November 21, 2004, Basse-Terre, Les Saintes, Guadeloupe
- November 7, 1727, Martinique
- April 24, 1767, Martinique & Barbados
- November 30, 1824, Saint Pierre, Martinique
- November 30, 1827, Martinique
- August 25, 1766, Saint-Pierre, Martinique
- November 30, 1823, Saint Pierre Harbor, Martinique
- February 16, 1906, Castries, Saint Lucia
- December 3, 1906, Martinique
- April 1765, Dominica
- August 30, 1844, Kingstown, Saint Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- February 14, 2005, Guadeloupe
More
Significant earthquakes of 1702The 1700sRecent 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 1154.