List of earthquakes in Haiti

This is a list of earthquakes in Haiti. Some of them have been very destructive to the country.

List of major earthquakes

Date	Region	M		MMI	Fatalities	Injuries	Comments
1562-12-02		7.7	MI				Concepción de la Vega destroyed	[1]
1701-11-09	Léogâne–Petit-Goâve						Moderate damage	NGDC
1751-09-15	Port-au-Prince						Moderate damage / tsunami	NGDC
1751-11-21	Port-au-Prince						Severe damage / tsunami	NGDC
1770-06-03	Port-au-Prince				200		Severe damage / tsunami	NGDC
March 1775							Minimal damage / tsunami	NGDC
1775-12-18							Minimal damage / tsunami	NGDC
1784-07-29	Port-au-Prince–Léogâne–Petit-Goâve						Severe damage	NGDC
1842-05-07	Cap-Haïtien	8.1			5,000		Extreme damage / tsunami	NGDC
1860-04-08	Anse-à-Veau						Moderate damage / tsunami	NGDC
1864-05-19	Jacmel						Moderate damage / tsunami	NGDC
1887-09-23	Môle-Saint-Nicolas						Severe damage / tsunami	NGDC
1953-01-25		5.7			2		Moderate damage	NGDC
1994-03-02		5.4	Mw	V	4		Damaged houses	[2]
2010-01-12	Port-au-Prince	7.0	Mw	IX	100,000–316,000	300,000	Severe damage / destructive tsunami	[3]

See also

• Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone
• Lists of earthquakes

References

1. ten Brink, U.; Bakun, W. H.; Flores, C. H. (2011), "Historical perspective on seismic hazard to Hispaniola and the northeast Caribbean region" (PDF), Journal of Geophysical Research (American Geophysical Union): 6–8, doi:10.1029/2011JB008497
2. USGS. "M5.4 - Haiti region". United States Geological Survey.
3. USGS. "M7.0 - Haiti region". United States Geological Survey.

Sources

• NGDC, Significant Earthquake Database, National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K