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]
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

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