In June 1692, a massive earthquake rocked the island of Jamaica, sucking Port Royal under the water. Geysers erupted from the earth and buildings collapsed, and the city was hit by a tsunami soon ...

The river that was given up or lost in the 1692 earthquake My long distance journeys nowadays are usually on the north-south link of Highway 2000 — pardon, the Edward Seaga Highway — between ...

The most important and best-documented events of 1692 in America were the Salem witch trials and the reconquest of New Mexico. Accordingly, a great deal of this blog is devoted to these two events.

Apocalypse 1692: Empire, Slavery, and the Great Port Royal Earthquake Ben Hughes. Westholme, $28 (265p) ISBN 978-1-59416-287-9 ...

Kingston, the capital of Jamaica, was founded in July 1692 when an earthquake destroyed the nearby city of Port Royal. The most recent census puts its population at 937,700.

1692 Jamaica earthquake caused Port Royal to almost completely sink. Randi Mann Digital Reporter. Published on Jun. 7, 2021, 8:40 AM. Updated on Jun. 7, 2023, 8:33 AM.