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UTC time | 2021-08-14 12:29:08 |
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ISC event | 620986707 |
USGS-ANSS | ComCat |
Local date | 14 August 2021 |
Local time | 08:29:08 |
Magnitude | 7.2 Mw |
Depth | 10 km (6.2 mi) |
Epicenter | 18°25′01″N 73°28′48″W / 18.417°N 73.480°W[1] |
Fault | Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone |
Type | Oblique-reverse |
Total damage | US$1.5–1.7 billion |
Max. intensity | MMI VIII (Severe)[1] |
Peak acceleration | 0.47 g[2] |
Tsunami | 3 cm (0.098 ft) |
Aftershocks | At least 900[3] |
Casualties |
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At 08:29:09 EDT on 14 August 2021, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the Tiburon Peninsula of southern Haiti.[1] It had a 10-kilometre-deep (6.2 mi) hypocenter near Petit-Trou-de-Nippes, approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) west of the capital, Port-au-Prince.[5][6] Tsunami warnings were briefly issued for the Haitian coast.[7][6] At least 2,248 people were confirmed killed as of 1 September 2021[update] and more than 12,200 injured, mostly in the Sud Department. An estimated 650,000 people were in need of assistance.[8] At least 137,500 buildings were damaged or destroyed.[9][10]
It is the deadliest earthquake and deadliest natural disaster of 2021. It is also the worst disaster to strike Haiti since the 2010 earthquake. UNICEF estimates more than half a million children were affected.[11][12] The Haitian Civil Protection General Directorate (DGPC) warned of a possible large humanitarian crisis resulting from the earthquake.[13] USAID provided US $32 million in foreign aid to Haiti for reconstruction efforts following the devastating earthquake.[14][15] This earthquake had the most casualties of any disaster since the 2018 Sulawesi earthquake. The economic loss from this earthquake is estimated at over 1.5 billion US dollars, nearly 10% of the country's gross domestic product.[4]