A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Bombardopolis in Haiti. Unique identifier: us7000nwq3. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nwq3. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 17:42:19 / December 6, 2024 @ 5:42 pm UTC/GMT. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:42:19 / 5:42 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 26.279 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -73.5578° West, 19.6273° North, depth 26.279 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-de-Paix, Ti Port-de-Paix, Jean-Rabel. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Haiti (c. 9 649 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Port-de-Paix (c. 250 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ti Port-de-Paix (c. 34 700 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Jean-Rabel (c. 5 400 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 24 km WSW of Bombardopolis, Haiti.
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