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Date: August 16, 2024 at 06:54:47
From: sher, [DNS_Address]
Subject: M 4.5 - 10 km NNE of Stony Hill, Jamaica 2024-08-16 13:01:37 (UTC)18.1 |
URL: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000n7dv/executive |
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When was the last time Jamaica had a fairly large quake? I don’t seem to
remember seeing quakes there often?
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Date: August 16, 2024 at 09:47:05
From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: M 4.5 - 10 km NNE of Stony Hill, Jamaica 2024-08-16 13:01:37... |
URL: https://nlj.gov.jm/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Earthquakes-of-Jamaica.pdf |
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I don't remember either but I have not been focused on tracking or I forgot.
I looked up some info on the history of quakes sharing it here fwiw.
-- The last substantial eq there was a magnitude 7 in 2020:
https://www.mona.uwi.edu/earthquake/jamaicas-earthquake-history
-- Last Felt Earthquakes in Jamaica link(there have been a number of felt earthquaked in Jamaica this year):
https://www.mona.uwi.edu/earthquake/earthquakes/last-felt
EXCERPT:This is a list of islands of Jamaica. There are about 49 islands in the island nation of Jamaica. All islands are in the Caribbean Sea. The island of Jamaica has an area of
10,990 km2 (4,240 sq mi) and is the third largest island in the Caribbean, after Cuba and Hispaniola.[1][2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Jamaica
--Hurricane and Earthquake (Weatherman on youtube channel):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFQLr7snAvQ
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