8.1 magnitude scale earthquake and tsunami near Dominican Republic
The 1946 Dominican Republic earthquake occurred on August 4 at 17:51 UTC near
Samaná,
Dominican Republic. The
mainshock measured 7.8 on the
moment magnitude scale
[3] and 8.1 on the
surface wave magnitude scale.
[4] An
aftershock occurred four days later on August 8 at 13:28 UTC with a
moment magnitude of 7.0.
[5] A
tsunami was generated by the initial earthquake and caused widespread devastation across
Hispaniola. The tsunami was observed in much of the Caribbean and the northwestern Atlantic Ocean.
[6]
[7]
[8]
[9]
A small tsunami was also recorded by tide gauges at
San Juan in
Puerto Rico,
Bermuda and in the United States at
Daytona Beach,
Florida and
Atlantic City, New Jersey.
[10]
See also
References
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"M 7.8 - 16 km NNW of Miches, Dominican Republic". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
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a
b Lynch, Joseph J.; Bodle, Ralph R. (1948),
"The Dominican earthquakes of August, 1946", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 38 (1): 4, 5,
Bibcode:
1948BuSSA..38....1L,
doi:
10.1785/BSSA0380010001
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"M 7.8 - 16 km NNW of Miches, Dominican Republic". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
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^ Dolan, James F. (1998). Paul Mann (ed.).
Active Strike-Slip and Collisional Tectonics of the Northern Caribbean Plate Boundary Zone.
Geological Society of America. p. 44.
ISBN
978-0-8137-2326-6.
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"M 7.0 - 24 km NNW of Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
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"Northern Chile Rocked By Earthquake: West Indies Too". Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954). 6 August 1946. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
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Historic Earthquakes: Samana, Dominican Republic 1946
Archived 2008-06-02 at the
Wayback Machine,
USGS, Retrieved June 10, 2008
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^
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (February 8, 2005).
"Major Caribbean Earthquakes And Tsunamis A Real Risk".
Science Daily. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
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^ O'Loughlin, Karen Fay; Lander, James F. (2003),
Caribbean tsunamis: a 500-year history from 1498–1998, Boston: Kluwer, p. 82,
ISBN
978-1-4020-1717-9
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^ Lander, James F.; Lockridge, Patricia A. (1989).
United States Tsunamis, (including United States possessions) 1690–1988: Publication 41-2 (PDF).
United States Department of Commerce. pp. 219, 220.
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Valais (6.1, January 25)
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Aleutian Islands (8.6, April 1) †
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Varto–Hınıs (5.9, May 31) †
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Vancouver Island (7.3, June 23)
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Dominican Republic (8.1, Aug 4) ‡†
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Sagaing (8.0, 7.8, Sep 12)
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Kyrgyzstan (7.6, Nov 2)
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Peru (6.8, Nov 10) †
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Hsinhua (6.1, Dec 5) †
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