August 1823 Earthquake: Cariaco, Margarita Island, Venezuela

Date

August 1823

Place

Cariaco, Margarita Island, Venezuela

Intensity

8 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

10.500° N, 63.800° W

Country

Venezuela

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

Houses destroyed

Some (about 51 to 100)

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.

• December 14, 1797, Cumana, Cariaco, Venezuela16,000 deaths · 35 km
• July 15, 1853, Cumana, VenezuelaM6.7 · 1,000 deaths · 44 km
• July 9, 1997, Cariaco-Cumana, VenezuelaM7 · 81 deaths · $81 million · 36 km
• January 17, 1929, Cumana, VenezuelaM6.9 · 50 deaths · 44 km
• June 12, 1974, VenezuelaM6.1 · 5 deaths · $2.5 million · 46 km
• August 21, 2018, Sucre, Trinidad, VenezuelaM7.3 · 5 deaths · 103 km
• September 1, 1530, Cumana, VenezuelaM8 · 4 deaths · 44 km
• September 20, 1968, Carupano, VenezuelaM6.5 · 3 deaths · 117 km
• June 11, 1986, VenezuelaM6.2 · 2 deaths · $1 million · 96 km
• January 15, 2010, Cariaco, VenezuelaM5.5 · 36 km
• August 11, 2008, Cariaco-Cumana, VenezuelaM5.2 · 41 km
• October 21, 1766, Cumana, San Juan Bautista, Trinidad, VenezuelaM7.5 · 41 km
• September 10, 1794, Cumana, Venezuela41 km
• June 7, 1900, Casanay (Casanai),cariaco, Venezuela42 km
• 1543, Cumana, Isla Cubagua, VenezuelaDeaths: few · 44 km

Significant earthquakes of 1823The 1800sRecent earthquakes near here

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 1678.