A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Belle-Anse in Haiti on Sunday. Exact location, longitude -72.1276° West, latitude 18.071° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 05:06:37 / 5:06 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 07/02/21 / 2021-02-07 05:06:37 / February 7, 2021 @ 5:06 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000df9x. Id of event: us6000df9x.
Nearby country/countries, Haiti (c. 9 649 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Port-au-Prince (c. 1 234 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Carrefour (c. 442 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Delmas 73 (c. 382 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Pétionville (c. 283 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Croix des Bouquets (c. 229 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Jacmel (c. 138 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mirebalais, Villa Jaragua, Grangwav (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 19 km SSW of Belle-Anse, Haiti. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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