A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Bombardopolis in Haiti. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -73.7295° West, 19.4385° North. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:23:06 / 7:23 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20002y4l. Event ids that are associated: us20002y4l. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 12:23:06 / July 17, 2015 @ 12:23 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jean-Rabel (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Jean-Rabel (c. 5 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Haiti (c. 9 649 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km SW of Bombardopolis, Haiti. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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