List of earthquakes in Haiti

"Haiti earthquake" redirects here. For the earthquake of 2010, see 2010 Haiti earthquake. For the earthquake of 2021, see 2021 Haiti earthquake.

2021

2010

1842

1770

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Epicentres of major earthquakes in Haiti with year of occurrence

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. ^[1]

List of major earthquakes

Date	Region	Mag.	MMI	Fatalities	Injuries	Comments	References
2022-03-23	Grand'Anse	5.1 Mw	VIII		5	Minor damage	[2] [3] [4]
2022-01-24	Nippes	5.3 Mw	VII	2	52	Moderate damage	[5] [6]
2021-12-21	Grand'Anse	4.4 Mw	V		150	Additional damage/Aftershock	[7] [8]
2021-08-14	Nippes, Les Cayes	7.2 Mw	VIII	2,248	12,763	Severe damage	[9] [10]
2018-10-07	Port-de-Paix	5.9 Mw	VI	18	580	Moderate damage	[11]
2017-09-02	Hinche	4.3 Mw	IV		1	Minor damage	[12]
2011-06-24	Port-au-Prince	3.5 Mw	III		7	Injuries caused by stampede.	[13] [14]
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	[15]
1964-04-20	Nord	6.6 Mw	VII			Significant damage	[16]
1953-01-25		5.7		2		Moderate damage	[17]
1887-09-23	Môle-Saint-Nicolas					Severe damage / tsunami	[18]
1864-05-19	Jacmel					Moderate damage / tsunami	[19]
1860-04-08	Anse-à-Veau					Moderate damage / tsunami	[20]
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	[21]
1775-12-18						Minimal damage / tsunami	[22]
March 1775						Minimal damage / tsunami	[23]
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	[24]
1701-11-09	Léogâne–Petit-Goâve					Moderate damage	[25]
1562-12-02		7.7 MI				Concepción de la Vega destroyed	[26]
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

• Haiti portal

• Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone
• Geology of Haiti
• Lists of earthquakes

References

1. USGS. "PAGER". United States Geological Survey.
2. "M 5.1 - 18 km N of Jérémie, Haiti". earthquake.usgs.gov.
3. "Haïti : Un séisme de magnitude 5.2 secoue le Grand Sud" [Haiti: A magnitude 5.2 earthquake shakes the Great South]. vantbefinfo.com (in French). 23 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
4. "5.1 quake shakes southern Haiti; minor injuries reported". WTOP-FM. Associated Press. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
5. "M 5.3 - 3 km SSE of Anse-à-Veau, Haiti". earthquake.usgs.gov.
6. "5.3 Magnitude Haiti Earthquake Destroys Over 200 Houses, 2 Killed". ndtv.com.
7. "M 4.4 - 9 km WSW of Corail, Haiti". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
8. "Les remous de l'actualité". Le Nouvelliste (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-21.
9. USGS. "M 7.2 - 12 km NE of Saint-Louis du Sud, Haiti". United States Geological Survey.
10. Adrienne Vogt and Veronica Rocha (2021-08-14). "Live updates: 7.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Haiti". CNN. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
11. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (October 20, 2018). "Haiti: 2018 earthquake Situation report No.4" (PDF). Retrieved October 28, 2018.
12. "M 4.3 - 10km WSW of Thomonde, Haiti". United States Geological Survey. September 2, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
13. "M 3.5 - 11 km N of Cayes-Jacmel, Haiti". earthquake.usgs.gov.
14. "La terre tremble à Port-au-Prince". Le Devoir. June 25, 2011. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
15. USGS. "M5.4 - Haiti region". United States Geological Survey.
16. "M 6.6 - 68 km NNE of Borgne, Haiti". United States Geological Survey .
17. NGDC 1972
18. NGDC 1972
19. NGDC 1972
20. NGDC 1972
21. NGDC 1972
22. NGDC 1972
23. NGDC 1972
24. NGDC 1972
25. NGDC 1972
26. 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