What the records say
- When
- 7 Oct 2018
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.9
- Where
- Haiti
- Coordinates
- 20.03° N, 73.01° W
- Deaths
- 18
- Injuries
- 580
- Damage musd
- 75
- Houses destroyed
- 2102
- Intensity mmi
- 6
- Depth km
- 24
2018 Haiti earthquake
5.9 magnitude earthquake in Port-de-Paix, Haiti
On October 6, 2018, at approximately 8:11 p.m, a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck 19 kilometers northwest of Port-de-Paix, Haiti. The earthquake damaged structures and killed 18 people.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2018 Haiti earthquake”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Haití se registra un terremoto de 5,9 que deja 18 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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