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UTC time: 2021-08-14 12:29:08: ISC event: 620986707: USGS-ANSSComCat: Local date: 14 August 2021: Local time: 08:29:08: Magnitude: 7.2 M w: Depth: 10 km (6.2 mi) Epicenter: 1]: Fault: Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone: Type: Oblique-reverse: Total damage: US$ 1.5–1.7 billion: Max. intensity: MMI VIII (Severe) [1]: Peak acceleration: 0.47 g [2]: Tsunami: 3 cm (0.098 ft): Aftershocks: At ...
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]
The 2021 Haiti earthquake was the largest to strike the country since the 1842 Cap-Haïtien earthquake. More than 138,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed, most of them in Les Cayes and Nippes. 2,248 people were killed, 12,763 others were injured and 329 people remained missing. It is the deadliest earthquake of 2021. [338] 2,248 12,763 16 [339]
The residence of the Catholic bishop lays in ruins after an earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021. A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday, with the epicenter about ...
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Haiti’s southwest region early Tuesday morning, destroying homes and creating panic in the country’s Grand’Anse region, where heavy rains over the weekend ...
14 August 2021. Haiti. A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck southern Haiti, killing more than 2,200 people and destroying or damaging about 13,000 homes.
2021-08-14: Haiti: 7.2 ... List of earthquakes in Haiti; List of earthquakes in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands ... (1972), Significant Earthquake Database ...
The tremor was felt in Port-au-Prince, causing many to fearfully run outside.