April 12, 1839 Earthquake: Cumana, Venezuela
An earthquake struck Cumana, Venezuela on April 12, 1839.
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
- April 12, 1839
- Place
- Cumana, Venezuela
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 10.500° N, 64.200° W
- Country
- Venezuela
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 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 20, 1968, Carupano, Venezuela
- June 11, 1986, Venezuela
- 1543, Cumana, Isla Cubagua, Venezuela
- 1750, Cumana, Venezuela
- January 27, 1805, Cumana, Venezuela
- November 4, 1932, Cumana, Venezuela
- August 11, 2008, Cariaco-Cumana, Venezuela
- October 21, 1766, Cumana, San Juan Bautista, Trinidad, 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 1815.