Major earthquakes in the Caribbean are infrequent and are sometimes accompanied by tsunami.
| Date | Region | MMI | Deaths | Injuries | Comments | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | VIII | 2,248 | 12,763 | Severe damage | ||||
| 7.7 | VI | 0.3–1 meter tsunami | ||||||
| 6.4 | VIII | 4 | 9 | |||||
| Haiti | 5.9 | VI | 18 | 548 | ||||
| 7.3 | VII | 5 | 122 | |||||
| 7.0 | X | 100,000–316,000 | Extreme damage and minor damaging tsunami | |||||
| 2007-11-29 | 7.4 | VI–VII | 6 | 402 | ||||
| 6.3 | VII | 1 | 13 | Non-destructive tsunami | ||||
| 6.4 | VII | 3 | ||||||
| 1997-04-22 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.7 | VII | 2 | Damage | https://ttweathercenter.com/the-april-1997-tobago-earthquakes/ | ||
| 1993-01-13 | Jamaica | 5.5 | VII | 1 | Some damage | [1] | ||
| 6.7 | VII | 5 | Limited damage / tsunami | |||||
| Antigua, Barbuda | 6.9 | VII | 4 | |||||
| 7.8 | IX | 2,550 | Destructive tsunami | |||||
| 1943-07-29 | 7.7 | VII | Moderate damage | [2] | ||||
| 7.1 | IX | 76–116 | Destructive tsunami | |||||
| 6.2 | 800–1,000 | Tsunami | ||||||
| 1867-11-18 | 7.2 | X | 24 | Destructive tsunami | ||||
| 8.5 | IX | 1,500–5,000 | Extreme damage | |||||
| 1842-05-07 | Haiti | 8.1 | IX | 5,300 | Severe damage and destructive tsunami | |||
| 7.5–8.0 | IX | 390–4,000 | Severe | |||||
| 6.9, 8.0–8.25 | Tsunami | |||||||
| 6.5–7.5 | IX | Severe | ||||||
| 1692-06-07 | 7.5 | ~5,000 | Tsunami | |||||
| 1690-04-16 | 8.0 | IX | Some | Destructive tsunami | ||||
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