December 6, 1912 Earthquake: Yap Is, Caroline Is, Micronesia
An earthquake struck Yap Is, Caroline Is, Micronesia on December 6, 1912. It caused a tsunami.
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 6, 1912
- Place
- Yap Is, Caroline Is, Micronesia
- Intensity
- 3 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Country
- Micronesia
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Reference #414:
1912, December 6, 15:11 [local time]. On Yap Island, there were undulating tremors of an intensity of 3 degrees (R-F), lasting 4 seconds; they were accompanied by an underground rumble. Two weak recurrent shocks were felt at night. Immediately after the earthquake, a wave was observed at sea (Maso, 1912b). [The earthquake was apparently not registered by the East-Asian seismic stations: Manila and others.]
More
Significant earthquakes of 1912The 1900sEvery quake the USGS located in 1912This day in weather history
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 6577.