The Port Royal Earthquake.

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  • Author(s): Gragg, Larry
  • Source:
    History Today. Sep2000, Vol. 50 Issue 9, p28. 7p. 3 Color Photographs, 3 Black and White Photographs, 1 Map.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      EARTHQUAKES; DISASTERS; RELIGION
    • Subject Terms:
      JAMAICA; PORT Royal (Jamaica)
    • Abstract:
      Discusses the significance of religion to the earthquake in Port Royal, Jamaica on June 7, 1692. Brief history of Port Royal; Information on the port's legal and illegal economic activities; Impact of religion on the residents; Details on the disaster; Lessons that preachers drew from the earthquake; Efforts to provide rational explanations for the disaster.