Open-File Report 2011–1133
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Flores, C.F., ten Brink, U.S., and Bakun, W.H., 2012, Accounts of damage from historical earthquakes in the northeastern Caribbean to aid in the determination of their location and intensity magnitudes: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 2011–1133, 237 p., at https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1133.
Abstract
Introduction
Features of interest included in this catalog
Source Search Method
The Bulletins from the meteorological observatory in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Catalog of earthquakes with their descriptions
Earthquakes from 1500 to the end of the 17th Century
Earthquakes of the 18th Century
Earthquakes of the 19th Century
Selected Earthquakes of the 20th Century
Other Significant Earthquakes of the Caribbean
Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands
Lesser Antilles
List of Events Studied by the Authors
Maps of the Northern Caribbean
Historical events of interest on the island of Hispaniola
Index of Earthquakes by Island and by Year
References Cited
Additional Material
Quoted text extracted from de Utrera (1995, p. 17–18) explaining that the true date of the "1564" earthquake is actually December 2, 1562, based on evidence from contemporary source
Geographic locations used in the catalog for the Northern Caribbean