Earthquake in Venezuela: Cumana, Cariaco · about 16,000 deaths
Natural disaster
1797 Cumana earthquake
Earthquake in Venezuela: Cumana, Cariaco · about 16,000 deaths
- 14 December 1797
- South America
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