Some of the earthquakes in Haiti have been very destructive to the country.
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List of major earthquakes
Date | Region | Mag. | MMI | Fatalities | Injuries | Comments | References |
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2018-10-07 | Port-de-Paix | 5.9 Mw | V | 18 | 580 | Moderate damage | [1] |
2010-01-12 | Port-au-Prince | 7.0 Mw | IX | 100,000–316,000 | 300,000 | Extreme damage | |
1994-03-02 | Port-de-Paix | 5.4 Mw | V | 4 | Damaged houses | [2] | |
1953-01-25 | 5.7 | 2 | Moderate damage | NGDC | |||
1887-09-23 | Môle-Saint-Nicolas | Severe damage / tsunami | NGDC | ||||
1864-05-19 | Jacmel | Moderate damage / tsunami | NGDC | ||||
1860-04-08 | Anse-à-Veau | Moderate damage / tsunami | NGDC | ||||
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 | NGDC | ||||
1775-12-18 | Minimal damage / tsunami | NGDC | |||||
March 1775 | Minimal damage / tsunami | NGDC | |||||
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 | NGDC | ||||
1701-11-09 | Léogâne–Petit-Goâve | Moderate damage | NGDC | ||||
1562-12-02 | 7.7 MI | Concepción de la Vega destroyed | [3] | ||||
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
- ^ United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (October 20, 2018). "Haiti: 2018 earthquake Situation report No.4" (PDF). Retrieved October 28, 2018.
- ^ USGS. "M5.4 - Haiti region". United States Geological Survey.
- ^ ten Brink, U.; Bakun, W. H.; Flores, C. H. (2011), "Historical perspective on seismic hazard to Hispaniola and the northeast Caribbean region" (PDF), Journal of Geophysical Research, American Geophysical Union, 116 (B12): 6–8, Bibcode:2011JGRB..11612318T, doi:10.1029/2011JB008497
Sources
- NGDC (1972), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
