A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Petit Goave in Haiti. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/12/17 / 2017-12-13 22:10:24 / December 13, 2017 @ 10:10 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 17:10:24 / 5:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -72.9375° West, 18.4888° North, depth 10 km. Id of earthquake: us2000c439. Event ids that are associated: us2000c439. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Haiti (c. 9 649 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Désarmes, Verrettes, Croix des Bouquets (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Port-au-Prince (c. 1 234 700 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Carrefour (c. 442 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Delmas 73 (c. 382 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Pétionville (c. 283 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Croix des Bouquets (c. 229 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Jacmel (c. 138 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 9 km NW of Petit Goave, Haiti.
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