September 3, 1771 Earthquake: Port Royal,kingston, Jamaica
An earthquake struck Port Royal,kingston, Jamaica on September 3, 1771 at 13:00 UTC.
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 3, 1771
- Time
- 13:00 UTC
- Place
- Port Royal,kingston, Jamaica
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 17.600° N, 76.500° W
- Country
- Jamaica
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.
- June 7, 1692, Port Royal, Jamaica
- January 14, 1907, Kingston, Jamaica
- October 3, 1780, Savanna LA Mar, Jamaica
- 1677, Port Royal, Jamaica
- March 1, 1688, Port Royal, Jamaica
- February 16, 1896, Kingston, Jamaica
- April 10, 1824, Kingston, Jamaica
- August 12, 1881, Kingston, Jamaica
- February 19, 1893, Kingston, Jamaica
- February 19, 1688, Port Royal, Jamaica
- November 12, 1988, St Andrew, Jacks Hill, Jamaica
- November 11, 1812, Kingston, Jamaica
- June 14, 1899, Jamaica
- August 1, 1781, Unknown Location, Jamaica
- 1667, Jamaica
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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 1409.