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Historic Earthquake
2010 Haiti Earthquake
12 January 2010 · Port-Au-Prince · Haiti
On 12 January 2010 at 21:53 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti (Port-Au-Prince), at a depth of 13 km. It occurred on the Caribbean Plate, 209 km from its boundary with the North American Plate (oceanic transform fault). It killed at least 316,000 people and injured 300,000. 97,294 homes were destroyed. It is the 1st deadliest of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 12 January 2010
- Time
- 21:53 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 13 km
- Deaths
- 316,000
- Injuries
- 300,000
- Homes Destroyed
- 97,294
- Homes Damaged
- 188,383
- Estimated Damage
- 8.0 billion US dollars
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (3.2 m wave)
- Plate
- Caribbean Plate
- Country
- Haiti
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20212021 Haiti Earthquake · M 7.22,248 deaths
- 20182018 Haiti Earthquake · M 5.918 deaths
- 1953Puerto Plata · M 7.2
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth