2021 Haiti earthquake
14 August 2021 magnitude 7.2 Mw earthquake
At 08:29:09 EDT on 14 August 2021, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit the Tiburon Peninsula in Haiti on the island of Hispaniola.[1]
It had a 10-kilometre (6.2 mi; 5.4 nmi)-deep hypocenter near Petit-Trou-de-Nippes. It happened about 150 kilometres (93 mi; 81 nmi) west of the capital, Port-au-Prince.[2][3] It caused tsunami warnings for the Haitian coast. Over 300 people died and at least 1,800 people were injured.[4] It is the deadliest earthquake of 2021.
Prime Minister Ariel Henry declared a state of emergency because of the large number of deaths and the severe damage.[5]
References
change- ↑ "M 7.2 - 12 km NE of Saint-Louis du Sud, Haiti". earthquake.usgs.gov. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ↑ European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre. "Earthquake, Magnitude 7.2 - HAITI REGION - 2021 August 14, 12:29:09 UTC". EMSC-CSEM. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ↑ "Major earthquake in Haiti felt across Caribbean, high casualties expected". Reuters. 14 August 2021. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ↑ "At least 304 dead as Haiti struck by 7.2-magnitude earthquake". the Guardian. 2021-08-14. Archived from the original on 2021-08-14. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
- ↑ "Haiti earthquake causes several deaths, 'enormous damage': PM". www.aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on 2021-08-14. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
