1750 Earthquake: Cumana, Venezuela
An earthquake struck Cumana, Venezuela in 1750. It caused a tsunami.
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
- 1750
- Place
- Cumana, Venezuela
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 10.500° N, 64.200° W
- Country
- Venezuela
- Region
- South America
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Singer et al. (1983) reported a tsunami wave at Cumana, which he associated with an earthquake within the city of Cumana.
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #410 Singer, A., C. Rojas, and M. Lugo (1983). Inventario Nacional de Riegos Geologicos, Estado Preliminare, Caracas: Fundacion Venezolana de Investigaciones Sismologicas (FUNVISIS), Serie Tecnica 03-83, Caracas, 128 p.
- #1492 O'Loughlin, Karen Fay, and James F. Lander (2003). Caribbean Tsunamis: A 500-Year History from 1498-1998. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. In cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES, University of Colorado), 263 p.
- #537 Lander, James F., Lowell W. Whiteside, and Patricia A. Lockridge (2002). A Brief History of Tsunamis in the Caribbean Sea, Science of Tsunami Hazards, the International Journal of the Tsunami Society, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, vol. 20, no. 2, p. 57-94
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 14, 1797, Cumana, Cariaco, Venezuela
- July 15, 1853, Cumana, Venezuela
- July 9, 1997, Cariaco-Cumana, Venezuela
- January 17, 1929, Cumana, Venezuela
- June 12, 1974, Venezuela
- August 21, 2018, Sucre, Trinidad, Venezuela
- September 1, 1530, Cumana, Venezuela
- September 20, 1968, Carupano, Venezuela
- June 11, 1986, Venezuela
- 1543, Cumana, Isla Cubagua, Venezuela
- January 27, 1805, Cumana, Venezuela
- April 12, 1839, Cumana, Venezuela
- November 4, 1932, Cumana, Venezuela
- August 11, 2008, Cariaco-Cumana, Venezuela
- October 21, 1766, Cumana, San Juan Bautista, Trinidad, Venezuela
More
Significant earthquakes of 1750The 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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 6837.