List Of Earthquakes In Haiti
Some of the earthquakes in Haiti have been very destructive to the country.
The widespread damage and high-number of casualties of events in 2010 and 2021 can be partially blamed on the fact that most of the population in Haiti resides in structures that are vulnerable to earthquake shaking, in which they are made of stone and concrete.
List of major earthquakes
| Date | Region | Mag. | MMI | Fatalities | Injuries | Comments | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-06 | Grand'Anse | 4.9 Mw | VII | 4 | 36 | Moderate damage | |
| 2022-03-23 | Grand'Anse | 5.1 Mw | VIII | 5 | Minor damage | ||
| 2022-01-24 | Nippes | 5.3 Mw | VII | 2 | 52 | Moderate damage | |
| 2021-12-21 | Grand'Anse | 4.4 Mw | V | 150 | Additional damage/Aftershock | ||
| 2021-08-14 | Nippes, Les Cayes | 7.2 Mw | VIII | 2,248 | 12,763 | Severe damage | |
| 2018-10-07 | Port-de-Paix | 5.9 Mw | VI | 18 | 580 | Moderate damage | |
| 2017-09-02 | Hinche | 4.3 Mw | IV | 1 | Minor damage | ||
| 2011-06-24 | Port-au-Prince | 3.5 Mw | III | 7 | Injuries caused by stampede. | ||
| 2010-01-12 | Port-au-Prince | 7.0 Mw | X | 100,000–316,000 | 300,000 | Extreme damage | |
| 1994-03-02 | Port-de-Paix | 5.4 Mw | V | 4 | Damaged houses | ||
| 1964-04-20 | Nord | 6.6 Mw | VII | Significant damage | |||
| 1953-01-25 | 5.7 | 2 | Moderate damage | ||||
| 1887-09-23 | Môle-Saint-Nicolas | Severe damage / tsunami | |||||
| 1864-05-19 | Jacmel | Moderate damage / tsunami | |||||
| 1860-04-08 | Anse-à-Veau | Moderate damage / tsunami | |||||
| 1842-05-07 | Cap-Haïtien | 8.1 Ms | 5,300 | Extreme damage / destructive tsunami | |||
| 1784-07-29 | Port-au-Prince–Léogâne–Petit-Goâve | Severe damage | |||||
| 1775-12-18 | Minimal damage / tsunami | ||||||
| March 1775 | Minimal damage / tsunami | ||||||
| 1770-06-03 | Port-au-Prince | 7.5 Mw | 250+ | Severe damage / tsunami | |||
| 1751-11-21 | Port-au-Prince | 8.0 Ms | Severe damage | ||||
| 1751-09-15 | Port-au-Prince | Moderate damage / tsunami | |||||
| 1701-11-09 | Léogâne–Petit-Goâve | Moderate damage | |||||
| 1562-12-02 | 7.7 MI | Concepción de la Vega destroyed | |||||
| Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded. | |||||||
See also
References
Sources
- NGDC (1972), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
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