A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Petit Trou de Nippes in Haiti on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 17/02/18 / 2018-02-17 00:25:16 / February 17, 2018 @ 12:25 am UTC/GMT. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:25:16 / 7:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 12.81 km, -73.6053° West, 18.8225° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.81 km (8 miles). Event id: us2000d3lu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d3lu.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dame-Marie, Tigwav, Les Anglais. Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (44 miles) from Les Cayes (c. 125 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Tigwav (c. 117 500 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Jérémie (c. 97 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Miragoâne (c. 89 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Les Anglais (c. 8 200 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Anse à Galets (c. 7 200 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Dame-Marie (c. 6 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Haiti (c. 9 649 000 pop).
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 struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 34 km NNW of Petit Trou de Nippes, Haiti.
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