September 29, 2006 Earthquake: Gasparillo, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Gasparillo, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago on September 29, 2006 at 18:23:05 UTC, 52 km below the surface. It killed 1 person.
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
- September 29, 2006
- Time
- 18:23:05 UTC
- Place
- Gasparillo, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 52 km (32 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 10.814° N, 61.758° W
- Country
- Trinidad and Tobago
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
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.
One person killed at Gasparillo. Felt (VI) at San Juan and (V) at Arouca, Chaguanes, Port-of-Spain, San Fernando and Tunapuna. Felt (III) at Cuidad Guayana, Venezuela. Felt in Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. (above from reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- July 9, 1997, Cariaco-Cumana, Venezuela
- August 21, 2018, Sucre, Trinidad, Venezuela
- June 12, 1974, Venezuela
- September 20, 1968, Carupano, Venezuela
- June 11, 1986, Venezuela
- January 10, 1888, St George'S, Trinidad, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago
- September 29, 2006, Port-Of-Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
- 1795, Port-Of-Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
- December 2, 2004, Mayaro, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
- September 21, 1825, Port-Of-Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
- April 22, 1997, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
- August 2, 1498, Boca DE LA Sierpe, Venezuela
- August 13, 1868, Rio Caribe, Venezuela
- August 18, 1874, Pilar, Venezuela
- December 3, 1831, Trinidad & St. Christopher, Trinidad and Tobago
More
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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 7409.