August 30, 1844 Earthquake: Kingstown, Saint Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
An earthquake struck Kingstown, Saint Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on August 30, 1844 at 07:10:00 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
- August 30, 1844
- Time
- 07:10:00 UTC
- Place
- Kingstown, Saint Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 13.100° N, 61.100° W
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.
- August 11, 1831, Barbados, Saint Vincent, Dominica, Antigua
- October 12, 1788, Saint Lucia
- December 3, 1831, Trinidad & St. Christopher, Trinidad and Tobago
- February 16, 1906, Castries, Saint Lucia
- August 25, 1766, Saint-Pierre, Martinique
- November 30, 1823, Saint Pierre Harbor, Martinique
- September 1702, Martinique
- November 7, 1727, Martinique
- April 24, 1767, Martinique & Barbados
- November 30, 1824, Saint Pierre, Martinique
- November 30, 1827, Martinique
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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 1862.