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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.
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 ...
The tremor was felt in Port-au-Prince, causing many to fearfully run outside.
The damage done by a severe earthquake in Haiti that has left more than 1,200 dead and hundreds missing could be seen in satellite images released on August 15.Maxar Technologies published the ...
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.
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 ...
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