Port Royal 1692
By the late 17th century Port Royal was the largest and most prosperous city in the Caribbean, a base for privateers and pirates. On 7 June 1692 an earthquake and tsunami sank most of its northern part into the harbour and killed between 1,000 and 3,000 people, nearly half its population.
Dated events and their evidence
- 1692 CE mainstream
7 June: an earthquake and tsunami destroy the city; liquefaction of the sand it stood on sinks most of the northern section, and Forts James and Carlisle, into the sea; 1,000-3,000 die, and disease kills about 2,000 more in the following months source - 1720 CE mainstream
the pirates Charles Vane and John Rackham are hanged at Gallows Point source - 1907 CE mainstream
another severe earthquake strikes the town source - 1981 CE mainstream
Texas A&M University's Nautical Archaeology Program begins a 10-year underwater investigation of the part of the town that sank in 1692 source
Where
17.9375° N, 76.8411° W
The point is Wikipedia's position for Port Royal, at the end of the Palisadoes at the mouth of Kingston Harbour.
Sources
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