Just felt an earthquake in St Andrew, Jamaica

[malaise]

4.something Is my guess

[malaise]

1. Yep

Estimated magnitude 4.2 earthquake
15 km from Kingston · 2:07 pm

[applegrove]

2. Oh i hope it is not bad. Vibes to your island.

[malaise]

5. Meh for this one

We’re busy monitoring a strengthening tropical wave heading this way.

[applegrove]

12. At least you are not going to lose a whole town like you

did 330 years ago.

[malaise]

13. LOL

Some called that a clean up of British and European enslavers, pirates and rapists but what do I know.

[applegrove]

15. For sure. I got a cat from the pet store whose name was Captain Morgan.

Last edited Mon Oct 20, 2025, 09:26 AM - Edit history (1)

I kept the name and told a Jamaican friend. She called him a marauder. I read James Mitchener's Jamaica (it might have been a book on pirates), a little while later and it turned out Captain Morgan retired from being a pirate to become a slave owner. So I changed the cat's name.

[malaise]

37. Love it

😀

[littlemissmartypants]

23. Potential Melissa?

[malaise]

25. Yep even local stations are telling us to monitor

That one😀

[La Coliniere]

3. Hope it's not a precursor to a worst temblor...

stay safe Malaise.

[malaise]

6. Yes indeed

Rarely happens but who knows

[malaise]

38. Thanks

[spooky3]

4. Please stay safe! nt

[malaise]

8. Thanks

This one won’t be a problem😀

[surfered]

7. USGS not showing it yet

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=-89.98249,-63.28125&extent=89.98249,464.0625&listOnlyShown=true&timeZone=utc&map=false

[malaise]

9. Showed up here in four minutes

Estimated magnitude 4.2 earthquake
15 km from Kingston · 2:07 pm

earthquake jamaica

[malaise]

20. From folks in several parishes

https://www.instagram.com/cvm_television/p/DQAJJw_kYiB/

[SheltieLover]

10. Stay safe, Malaise & All!

Good vibes to the Islands!

[malaise]

11. Thanks

[Brother Buzz]

14. Can you see Port Royal from St Andrew?

Just curious

[malaise]

16. You can see Port Royal easily from parts of Kingston or from Portmore in St Catherine

That said I am sure folks in the hills of St Andrew or Bull Bay, St Thomas may have a view of Port Royal.

It’s a great question because I know folks who live in Jack’s Hill who watch planes land at Norman Manley Airport with binoculars, etc. Port Royal is behind the airport and I sure don’r remember seeing it from there. If you’re high enough in the St Andrew Hills you can see the Kingston Waterfront and airport.

Add

[Brother Buzz]

17. Just wondering if it was shaking like a bowl of jelly

The 1692 port royal earthquake is on my short list of dramatic earthquakes; I always think of it when I hear about earthquakes in you area, and the real possibility of earthquake liquefaction in the SF Bay Area.

[malaise]

18. I called a friend over there - they're fine

It is packed with patrons as I type. It’s Heroes Day holiday weekend here and lots of families head over there for seafood brunch, lunch or dinner.

[True Dough]

19. How many earthquakes do you figure

you have experienced in your lifetime, malaise? And which did the most damage?

[malaise]

21. Great question - too many to count but the vast majority were

Mild. The Jan 2017 really shook up my neighborhood and some walls had cracks and stuff broke. That was the worst one for me.
We also felt the one that destroyed Haiti in 2010 but nothing broke.
Today was a Meh and I’m surprised to see reports coming from several parishes.

[2naSalit]

22. Odd...

It's not showing on the USGS earthquake map, at all.

[surfered]

26. Agree. USGS has that statement about disruption due to the shutdown, but they've reported other quakes since the time

Of the Jamaican quake.

[2naSalit]

34. Makes me wonder...

What other quakes they aren't reporting. They also have fucked up all the place names of countries, they won't dis[lay even when zoomed in, and don't show their borders correctly anymore.

I've noticed that all the weather maps are now limited to US boundaries only, have to go to private entities to get a more comprehensive view of the rest of the world.

I hate these fuckers and I want my country back, right fucking now.

[malaise]

35. It's on all our newscasts and we had official notice in four minutes

It’s also all over social media linked to media houses here. Maybe Donvict is done with foreign quakes too😀

[2naSalit]

39. I would...

Venture a guess that you're on to something.

[bdamomma]

24. Be safe

malaise.

[malaise]

36. Thanks

😀

[surfered]

27. Jeez! Hurricanes and earthquakes...Best wishes.

[malaise]

30. Serious earthquakes are very rare in Jamaica

1692 (complete with a tsunami) and the great Kingston Earthquake - Jan 14 1907.

[Marthe48]

28. Hope you're safe

Let us know

[malaise]

32. Very - was chatting with a neighbor who is way more

Worried about the system in the Caribbean because her institution has a big conference this week.

[Generic Other]

29. What???

Oh my gosh! You take care.

[spanone]

31. K&R

[niyad]

33. Be safe and well, my friend.

[Clouds Passing]

40. Stay safe

[surfered]

41. And you need to monitor the tropical weather as well.

Both models forecast something close to you.

https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/?model=ecmwf®ion=atl&pkg=mslp_pcpn

https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/?model=gfs&region=atl&pkg=mslp_pcpn

[tavernier]

42. Good grief, malaise I think Harry was singing about you!

Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time
Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line
Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the time
My girl's name is Senora
I tell you friends, I adore her
And when she dances, oh, brother
She's a hurricane in all kinds of weather



Ok, enough shaking, and NO HURRICANE!!

[malaise]

43. Bwaaaaah

😀😂😀
This was a meh!