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Major earthquakes in the Caribbean are infrequent and are sometimes accompanied by tsunami.
| Date | Region | Mag. | MMI | Deaths | Injuries | Comments | Source |
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| 2021-08-14 | Haiti | 7.2 Mw | VIII | 2,248 | 12,763 | Severe damage | |
| 2020-01-28 | Jamaica, Cuba, Cayman Islands | 7.7 Mw | VI | 0.3–1 meter tsunami | |||
| 2020-01-07 | Puerto Rico | 6.4 Mw | VIII | 4 | 9 | ||
| 2018-10-07 | Haiti | 5.9 Mw | VI | 18 | 548 | ||
| 2018-08-21 | Venezuela, Trinidad | 7.3 Mw | VII | 5 | 122 | ||
| 2010-01-12 | Haiti | 7.0 Mw | X | 100,000–316,000 | Extreme damage and minor damaging tsunami | ||
| 2007-11-29 | Martinique | 7.4 Mw | VI–VII | 6 | 402 | ||
| 2004-11-21 | Guadeloupe, Dominica | 6.3 Mw | VII | 1 | 13 | Non-destructive tsunami | |
| 2003-09-22 | Dominican Republic | 6.4 Mw | VII | 3 | |||
| 1997-04-22 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.7 Mw | VII | 2 | Damage | [1] | |
| 1993-01-13 | Jamaica | 5.5 Mw | VII | 1 | Some damage | [1] | |
| 1984-06-24 | Dominican Republic | 6.7 Mw | VII | 5 | Limited damage / tsunami | ||
| 1974-10-08 | Antigua, Barbuda | 6.9 Mw | VII | 4 | |||
| 1946-08-04 | Dominican Republic | 7.8 Mw | IX | 2,550 | Destructive tsunami | ||
| 1943-07-29 | Puerto Rico | 7.7 Mw | VII | Moderate damage | [2] | ||
| 1918-10-11 | Puerto Rico | 7.1 Mw | IX | 76–116 | Destructive tsunami | ||
| 1907-01-14 | Jamaica | 6.2 Mw | 800–1,000 | Tsunami | |||
| 1867-11-18 | Virgin Islands | 7.2 Mw | X | 24 | Destructive tsunami | ||
| 1843-02-08 | Lesser Antilles | 8.5 Muk | IX | 1,500–5,000 | Extreme damage | ||
| 1842-05-07 | Haiti | 8.1 Ms | IX | 5,300 | Severe damage and destructive tsunami | ||
| 1839-01-11 | Martinique | 7.5–8.0 Mw | IX | 390–4,000 | Severe | ||
| 1787-05-02 | Puerto Rico | 6.9, 8.0–8.25 | Tsunami | ||||
| 1766-10-21 | Venezuela, Trinidad | 6.5–7.5 Ms | IX | Severe | [3] | ||
| 1692-06-07 | Jamaica | 7.5 Mw | ~5,000 | Tsunami | |||
| 1690-04-16 | Antigua, Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8.0 Ms | IX | Some | Destructive tsunami | [3] | |
| Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded. | |||||||
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