On June 7, 1692, a huge earthquake devastates the city of Port Royal in Jamaica, killing hundreds. The sturdy tremors, soil liquefaction and a tsunami added on through the earthquake mixed to wreck the whole city.


Port Royal was constructed on a small island off the coast of Jamaica in the harbor throughout from present-day Kingston. Many of the homes wherein the 6,500 citizens lived and labored had been built proper over the water. In the seventeenth century, Port Royal changed into recognized for the duration of the New World as a headquarters for piracy and smuggling.

Earthquakes in the region had been now no longer uncommon, however had been typically as a substitute small. In 1688, a tremor had toppled 3 homes. But 4 years later, late in the morning on June 7, 3 effective quakes struck Jamaica. A huge tsunami hit quickly after, setting half of Port Royal below forty ft of water. The HMS Swan changed into carried from the harbor and deposited on pinnacle of a constructing at the island. It grew to become out to be a safe haven for survivors.


Residents additionally quickly observed that the island of Port Royal changed into now no longer made from bedrock. The rather loosely packed soil grew to become nearly to liquid in the course of the quake. Many homes actually sank into the ground. In the aftermath, without a doubt each constructing in the town changed into uninhabitable, such as forts. Corpses from the cemetery floated in the harbor along latest sufferers of the disaster.

On the principle island, Spanish Town changed into additionally demolished. Even the north facet of the island skilled extraordinary tragedy. Fifty human beings had been killed in a landslide. In all, approximately 3,000 human beings misplaced their lives on June 7. There changed into little respite in the aftermath–great looting started that nighttime and hundreds greater died in the following weeks because of illness and injury. Aftershocks discouraged the survivors from rebuilding Port Royal. Instead, the town of Kingston changed into constructed and stays to nowadays the most important town in Jamaica.

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