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1. Earthquake in Haiti
At 08:29:09 EDT on 14 August 2021, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit the Tiburon Peninsula in the Caribbean nation of Haiti. It had a hypocenter of 10-kilometer-deep (6.2 mi) near Petit-Trou-de-Nippes, exactly 150 kilometers (93 mi) west of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
| Date (AD) | Time (NST) | Epicenter | Deaths | Magnitude | |
| Main Shock | 14 August 2021 | 08:29:09 EDT | Tiburon Peninsula, Haiti | 2,248 | 7.2 |
| Aftershock (900) | August 19, 2021 | 5:00 Pm
EDT |
west on the Tiburon Peninsula | 0 | 5.8 |
Tsunami caution was released for the Haitian seaside. At least 2,248 people were confirmed to be killed as of 1 September 2021 and above 12,200 injured, mostly in the Sud Department. An estimated 650,000 people are in requirement of help. A minimum of 137,500 buildings were destroyed or damaged badly.
This earthquake is the deadliest earthquake and the deadliest natural disaster of 2021. It is also a bad disaster to hit Haiti since the 2010 earthquake.
UNICEF calculated that more than half a million children were directly affected. The Haitian Civil Protection General Directorate (DGPC) told of a possible big humanitarian crisis outcoming from the earthquake.
USAID gave the US $32 million in foreign aid to Haiti for rehabilitation efforts following the destructive earthquake. This earthquake had the most victim of any disaster since the 2018 Sulawesi earthquake, which took life between 4,340 and 5,007 people, majorly from a tsunami. The economic loss from this earthquake is determined at over 1.5 billion US dollars, almost 10% of the country’s gross domestic product.
2. Aftershocks Earthquake in Haiti
At least 900 aftershocks have been recorded following the mainshock, the strongest being Mw 5.8 in magnitude and centered approximately 65 kilometers further west on the Tiburon Peninsula. Fresh tremors shook Les Cayes city on August 19, 2021.
Earthquake in Haiti on January 24, 2022, the same area was hit by two aftershocks, having a magnitude of 5.3 and 5.1 Mw respectively. Because of aftershocks, two people were dead; one because of a landslide in Fonds-des-Nègres, and the other in Anse-à-Veau by the failure of the wall. 52 people were also injured. A minimum of 191 houses were damaged and 600 were damaged in Nippes.
3. Earthquake in Haiti in 2010
On 12 January 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, leaving its capital Port-au-Prince destroyed. More than 220,000 people were noted to be dead, among them, 102 United Nations employees who died when the building housing the mission there, known as MINUSTAH, was destroyed.
| Date | Location | Magnitude | MMI | Death | Injuries | Casualties |
| 2010-01-12 | Port-au-Prince | 7.0 Mw | X | 100,000–316,000 | 300,000 | Extreme damage |
4. List of Earthquakes in Haiti
| Date
(AD) |
Location | Mag. | MMI | Death | Injuries | Casualties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-23 | Grand’Anse | 5.1 Mw | V | 0 | 5 | Minor damage |
| 2022-01-24 | Nippes | 5.3 Mw | VI | 2 | 52 | Moderate damage |
| 2021-08-14 | Nippes, Les Cayes | 7.2 Mw | IX | 2,248 | 12,763 | Severe damage |
| 2018-10-07 | Port-de-Paix | 5.9 Mw | VI | 18 | 580 | Moderate damage |
| 2017-09-02 | Hinche | 4.3 Mw | IV | 0 | 1 | Minor damage |
| 2011-06-24 | Port-au-Prince | 3.5 Mw | III | 0 | 7 | Injuries caused by stampede. |
| 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 | |
| 1964-04-20 | Nord | 6.6 Mw | VII | 0 | Significant damage | |
| 1953-01-25 | 5.7 | 2 | Moderate damage | |||
| 1887-09-23 | Môle-Saint-Nicolas | 0 | Severe damage / tsunami | |||
| 1864-05-19 | Jacmel | 0 | Moderate damage / tsunami | |||
| 1860-04-08 | Anse-à-Veau | 0 | Moderate damage / tsunami | |||
| 1842-05-07 | Cap-Haïtien | 8.1 Ms | 5,300 | Extreme damage / destructive tsunami | ||
| 1784-07-29 | Port-au-Prince–Léogâne–Petit-Goâve | 0 | Severe damage | |||
| 1775-12-18 | 0 | Minimal damage/tsunami | ||||
| March 1775 | 0 | Minimal damage/tsunami | ||||
| 1770-06-03 | Port-au-Prince | 7.5 Mw | 250+ | Severe damage / tsunami | ||
| 1751-11-21 | Port-au-Prince | 8.0 Ms | 0 | Severe damage | ||
| 1751-09-15 | Port-au-Prince | 0 | Moderate damage / tsunami | |||
| 1701-11-09 | Léogâne–Petit-Goâve | 0 | Moderate damage | |||
| 1562-12-02 | 7.7 MI | 0 | Concepción de la Vega destroyed |
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