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The tremor was felt in Port-au-Prince, causing many to fearfully run outside. Massive Haiti earthquake kills more than 300 as rescuers dig through rubble in search for survivors Skip to main content
Port-au-Prince: 8.0 M s: Severe damage: 1751-09-15: Port-au-Prince: Moderate damage / tsunami [25] 1701-11-09: Léogâne–Petit-Goâve: Moderate damage [26] 1562-12-02: 7.7 M I: Concepción de la Vega destroyed [27] Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for ...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — At least 29 people were killed when a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday, just days before a tropical storm is expected to make landfall, and Prime ...
The magnitude 7.2 earthquake quake struck 8 km (5 miles) from the town of Petit Trou de Nippes, about 150 km west of the capital Port-au-Prince, at a depth of 10 km, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The earthquake occurred as a result of oblique-reverse faulting on an 80 km (50 mi) section of the Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone, [20] 125 km (78 mi; 67 nmi) west of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, consistent with its location and the observed focal mechanism. It had an estimated hypocentral depth of 10.0 km (6.2 mi). [1]
After the earthquake, thousands of Port-au-Prince residents began returning to the rural towns they came from. [245] On 25 January a one-day conference was held in Montreal to assess the relief effort and discuss further plans. Prime Minister Bellerive told delegates from 20 countries that Haiti would need "massive support" for its recovery ...
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake has shaken ... including a magnitude 7.0 quake that struck Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince in 2010 and killed hundreds of thousands. Check back for the latest on this ...
Disaster is "likely widespread" after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the Sud region of southern Haiti at 8:29 a.m., local time, on Saturday, sending people into the streets as buildings toppled ...