November 4, 1932 Earthquake: Cumana, Venezuela
An earthquake struck Cumana, Venezuela on November 4, 1932. 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
- November 4, 1932
- Place
- Cumana, Venezuela
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 10.500° N, 64.200° W
- Country
- Venezuela
- Region
- South America
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.
Singer et. al (1983) reported a tsunami wave at Cumana, with an uncertain link to an earthquake. O'Loughlin and Lander (2003) inferred that that the hurricane of November 4-10 (causing 2500 fatalities in Cuba, Jamaica, and The Caymans) may have provided the trigger to set off an earthquake and the resulting wave.
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #1492 O'Loughlin, Karen Fay, and James F. Lander (2003). Caribbean Tsunamis: A 500-Year History from 1498-1998. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. In cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES, University of Colorado), 263 p.
- #410 Singer, A., C. Rojas, and M. Lugo (1983). Inventario Nacional de Riegos Geologicos, Estado Preliminare, Caracas: Fundacion Venezolana de Investigaciones Sismologicas (FUNVISIS), Serie Tecnica 03-83, Caracas, 128 p.
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
- April 12, 1839, 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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 6096.