A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Jean-Rabel in Haiti on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000kbrv. Id of event: us2000kbrv. The temblor was picked up at 03:29:37 / 3:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -73.2213° West, 19.8551° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/04/19 / 2019-04-07 08:29:37 / April 7, 2019 @ 8:29 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gonayiv, Gros Morne, Saint-Louis du Nord (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Haiti (c. 9 649 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Port-de-Paix (c. 250 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Gonayiv (c. 85 000 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Ti Port-de-Paix (c. 34 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Saint-Louis du Nord (c. 11 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Gros Morne (c. 7 300 pop), 3 km (2 miles) from Jean-Rabel (c. 5 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km W of Jean-Rabel, Haiti. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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