Magnitude 8 earthquake in Martinique: Fort-De-France, St Pierre; Castries · about 390 deaths
Natural disaster
1839 Fort-De-France earthquake
Magnitude 8 earthquake in Martinique: Fort-De-France, St Pierre; Castries · about 390 deaths
- 11 January 1839
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