December 2, 2004 Earthquake: Mayaro, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Mayaro, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago on December 2, 2004 at 19:16:34 UTC, 49 km below the surface.
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 2, 2004
- Time
- 19:16:34 UTC
- Place
- Mayaro, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
- Magnitude
- 5.8 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 49 km (30 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 10.490° N, 61.480° W
- Country
- Trinidad and Tobago
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Minor damage to buildings at Mayaro and cell
phone service was interrupted on Trinidad. Felt (V) at
Port-of-Spain; (IV) at Arouca and Tunapuna. Felt in
much of Trinidad and at Crown Point, Tobago. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- August 21, 2018, Sucre, Trinidad, Venezuela
- September 20, 1968, Carupano, Venezuela
- June 11, 1986, Venezuela
- January 10, 1888, St George'S, Trinidad, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago
- September 29, 2006, Gasparillo, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
- September 21, 1825, Port-Of-Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
- 1795, Port-Of-Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
- September 29, 2006, Port-Of-Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
- April 22, 1997, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
- August 2, 1498, Boca DE LA Sierpe, Venezuela
- August 18, 1874, Pilar, Venezuela
- August 13, 1868, Rio Caribe, 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 5831.