Haiti - FLASH : The earthquake in the North - HaitiLibre.com : Haiti news 7/7

Haiti - Social : Haiti, 2nd country with the highest rate of modern slavery in the Americas and the Caribbean

iciHaiti - Exhibition : «Haiti : Africa in the Caribbean» at the Museum of America in Madrid

iciHaiti - Tourism : Renewal of the «Spoken Hospitality English» program

iciHaiti - May 1st : Tribute to Haitian farmers

iciHaiti - Conference on Haiti : «Priority for the region and agenda for its transition»

more news

Haiti - News : Zapping...

Haiti - Insecurity : Haiti is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists

Haiti - Northeast : The Minister suspends the management and teaching permits of a School Director

Haiti - Politic : The CPT in crisis seeks a solution…

Haiti - FLASH : Arms traffickers in Colombia could supply Haitian gangs

more news

Haiti - FLASH : The earthquake in the North
07/04/2022 06:58:16

On Wednesday April 6, 2022, at 2:15 and 40 seconds in the afternoon, an earthquake of magnitude 4.0 on the Richter scale was recorded, the epicenter of which was located at 19.830° North latitude and 72.270° West longitude to 7.5km at sea north of the city of Labadee (North Dept.), 13.3 km northwest of Cap-Haitien (North Dept.), 137km north of Port-au-Prince (West Dept.), at a depth of 28 km.

No loss of life or damage has been reported so far by the Civil Protection in relation to this earthquake.

Let's recall that on May 7, 1842 an earthquake of magnitude 8.1 on the Richter scale, destroyed the city of Cap-Haitien killing half of its 10,000 inhabitants, the stunami that followed claimed 300 more victims.

According to experts, the northern fault, which is believed to be the source of this earthquake, has been slowly accumulating energy for nearly 180 years and its release could cause earthquakes of magnitude greater than 7.

HL/ HaitiLibre