December 1, 1822 Earthquake: Grenada
An earthquake struck Grenada on December 1, 1822.
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 1, 1822
- Place
- Grenada
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 12.100° N, 64.100° W
- Country
- Grenada
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.
- 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 1867, Isla DE Margarita, Venezuela
- December 25, 1541, Cubagua Island, Venezuela
- August 11, 2008, Cariaco-Cumana, Venezuela
- 1543, Cumana, Isla Cubagua, Venezuela
- 1750, Cumana, Venezuela
- January 27, 1805, Cumana, Venezuela
- April 12, 1839, Cumana, Venezuela
- November 4, 1932, Cumana, Venezuela
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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 1673.