Tsunami — Haiti & Dominican Republic

When

12 Jan 2010

Kind

Tsunami

Coordinates

18.46° N, 72.53° W

Deaths

316000

Injuries

300000

Damage musd

8000

Houses destroyed

97294

Max water height m

3.21

Source quake magnitude

7

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake

A catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake struck Haiti at 16:53 local time on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. The epicenter was near the town of Léogâne, Ouest department, approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. The earthquake is locally nicknamed Goudougoudou, an onomatopoeia for the sound of collapsing buildings.

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