Originally posted by Hanslune
Port Royale in Jamaica
thats pretty cool I had to look up why that was lost as I thought it had simply been renamed Kingston
but you were correct
it sank, and thats probably the closest to a real sunken continent we're ever going to see in this forum
On June 7, 1692, a devastating earthquake hit the city causing the sand on which it was built to liquefy and flow out into Kingston Harbour. The
water table was generally only two feet down prior to the impact. The effects of three tidal waves caused by the earthquake further eroded the sand,
and soon the main part of the city lay permanently underwater, though intact enough that archaeologists have managed to uncover some well-preserved
sites. The earthquake and tsunami killed between 1,000 and 3,000 people combined, over half the city's population. Disease ran rampant in the next
several months, claiming an estimated 2,000 additional lives.
After the earthquake on June 7, 1692, many believed the destruction to be an act of God because of the city's sinful reputation.
Some attempts were made to rebuild the city, starting with the one third of the city that was not submerged, but these met with mixed success and
numerous disasters. An initial attempt at rebuilding was again destroyed in 1703, this time by fire. Subsequent rebuilding was hampered by several
hurricanes in the first half of the 18th century, and soon Kingston eclipsed Port Royal in importance.
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