Port Royal is a town located at the end of the Palisadoes at the mouth of Kingston Harbour in southeastern Jamaica. Founded in 1494 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 7 June 1692 which had an accompanying tsunami leading to the establishment of Kingston which is now the largest city in Jamaica. Severe hurricanes have regularly damaged the area. Another severe earthquake occurred in 1907.