Port Royal is a village located at the end of the Palisadoes at the mouth of Kingston Harbour , in southeastern Jamaica . Founded in 1518 by the Spanish , it was once the largest city in the Caribbean , functioning as the centre of shipping and commerce in the Caribbean Sea by the latter half of the 17th century . It was destroyed by an earthquake on June 7 , 1692 , which had an accompanying tsunami . Severe hurricanes have regularly damaged it . Another severe earthquake occurred in 1907
earthquake occurred in 1907
1907 Kingston earthquake
Port Royal