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Jamaica's Port Royal is consumed by an earthquake estimated to be a 7.4 magnitude, on June 7, 1692, causing two thirds of the town to sink into the sea and destroying every building or other substantial  structure in the Island, A series of fires and hurricanes followed. The town was never restored to its former British Naval base glory and remains a small fishing village today.  Two thousand people died immediately and an additional 3000 died of injuries and disease shortly after. More