January 23, 1880 Earthquake: San Cristobal,candelaria, Cuba
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck San Cristobal,candelaria, Cuba on January 23, 1880 at 04:39 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
- January 23, 1880
- Time
- 04:39 UTC
- Place
- San Cristobal,candelaria, Cuba
- Magnitude
- 6 (Ms)
- Intensity
- 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 22.700° N, 83.000° W
- Country
- Cuba
The toll
- Deaths
- Few (about 1 to 50)
- 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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Reference #2730 states at least one at least one victim from the event and magnitude 5.9 or 6.0 Ms.
In the ruins of the Ingenio Galope (a sugar cane factory), near the locality of San Cristobal, destroyed by the earthquake of 1880 (reference #13313)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
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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 2276.