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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 ...
2021 Haiti earthquake sequence (only earthquakes with magnitudes 5.0 or greater) Date and time Location M MMI Ref 2021-08-14 12:29:08 13 km SSE of Petit Trou de Nippes 7.2 VIII [1] 2021-08-14 12:49:33 20 km WNW of Cavaillon 5.2 V [29] 2021-08-14 16:08:03 10 km NW of Baradères 5.1 VII [30] 2021-08-14 18:11:10 12 km NNE of Baradères 5.1 III
The 7.2 magnitude quake struck the Caribbean island nation Saturday morning, leaving more than 1,200 people dead.View Entire Post ›
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.
People gather outside the Petit Pas Hotel, destroyed by an earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021. A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday, with the epicenter about ...
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]
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 death toll from a powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti climbed sharply on Sunday, with at least 724 dead... View Article The post Death toll from Haiti earthquake rises to more than 700 ...