December 18, 1775 Earthquake: Unknown Location, Haiti
An earthquake struck Unknown Location, Haiti on December 18, 1775. 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
- December 18, 1775
- Place
- Unknown Location, Haiti
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 19.000° N, 72.400° W
- Country
- Haiti
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million); Severe (about $5 to $25 million) with its tsunami and other effects
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.
This event is confused in the literature. It may be identical to the events of February 11, 1775, and March, 1775, which say that three earthquakes were reported in Hispaniola. Haiti is given as the Hispaniola location in O'Loughlin and Lander (2003).
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- January 12, 2010, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
- May 7, 1842, Cap-Haitien
- August 14, 2021, Haiti
- June 3, 1770, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
- October 7, 2018, Port-Dex-Paix, Haiti
- October 28, 1952, Anse-A-Veau, Haiti
- March 2, 1994, Saint-Louis du Nord, Haiti
- June 6, 2023, Haiti
- January 24, 2022, Nippes, Haiti
- January 25, 1953, Haiti
- March 1775, Unknown Location, Haiti
- April 12, 1793, Santo Domingo (St Domingue), Haiti
- September 15, 1751, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
- November 21, 1751, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
- July 29, 1784, Petit Goave,leogane,port-Au-Prince, Haiti
More
Significant earthquakes of 1775The 1700sRecent earthquakes near hereThis day in weather history
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 5921.