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Strong mag. 5.4 earthquake - Tortuga, 16 km north of Port-de-Paix, Nord-Ouest, Haiti, on Sunday, October 7, 2018 at 20:00 GMT

Strong mag. 5.4 earthquake - Tortuga, 16 km north of Port-de-Paix, Nord-Ouest, Haiti, on Sunday, October 7, 2018 at 20:00 GMT Strong mag. 5.4 earthquake - Tortuga, 16 km north of Port-de-Paix, Nord-Ouest, Haiti, on Sunday, October 7, 2018 at 20:00 GMT

Strong magnitude 5.4 earthquake at 10 km depth

7 Oct 20:06 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 6 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & timeOct 7, 2018 20:00:17 UTC
Local time at epicenter
StatusConfirmed
Magnitude5.4
Depth10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude20.08°N / 72.85°W (Port-de-Paix, Nord-Ouest, Haiti)
Antipode20.08°S / 107.15°E
Shaking intensityLight shaking
Felt29 reports
Primary data sourceGFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Nearby towns and cities16 km (10 mi) N of Port-de-Paix (pop: 250,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
16 km (10 mi) N of Ti Port-de-Paix (Port-de-Paix) (pop: 34,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
21 km (13 mi) NW of Saint-Louis du Nord (pop: 11,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
44 km (27 mi) NE of Jean-Rabel (pop: 5,420) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
49 km (30 mi) NNW of Gros Morne (Artibonite) (pop: 7,290) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
63 km (39 mi) NW of Limbe (Limbé, Nord) (pop: 32,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
99 km (61 mi) NW of Saint-Raphael (Saint Raphael, Nord) (pop: 37,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
179 km (111 mi) NNW of Port au Prince (Ouest) (pop: 1,234,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
235 km (146 mi) SW of Kobern Taun (Turks & Caicos Islands) (pop: 3,720) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
Estimated seismic energy released7.9 x 1012 joules (2.21 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1898 tons of TNT or 0.1 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.DepthLocationSource
5.410 kmHaiti RegionGFZ
5.210 km HAITI REGIONEMSC
5.210 km- 16km NNW of Ti Port-de-Paix, HaitiUSGS
5.318 kmHaiti RegionGeoAu

User reports for this quake (80)

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Kingston jamaica (482.3 km WSW of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II)
Baitoa, Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago (240.5 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) (reported through our app)
Jarabacoa, Dominican Repúblic / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
Cap Hatien / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Cap Haitien, HAITI Lolo’s Restaurant, Carénag (76.8 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : 8 dinner guests, table and building shaking, all exited to street. No apparent damage in town  
Estero Hondo, Villa Isabela, Puerto Plata (173.1 km E of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) (reported through our app)
Santiago de los Caballeros, Republica Dominicana (238.2 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)
Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago (234.5 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) (reported through our app)
Santiago / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Monte Llano, Puerto Plata (240.5 km E of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III)
San Francisco de Macorís / Light shaking (MMI IV) : The furniture and plants were shaking. I could feel iT really good  
Tamboril / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : Watching tv at the couch. Couch started to shake against the wall.  
Jarabacoa (259.1 km SE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Rio Grande, Altamira, Puerto Plata (227.2 km E of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III)
Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago (238.3 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) (reported through our app)
port au prince / Weak shaking (MMI III)
Santiago, Dominican Republic / Weak shaking (MMI III)
Fermathe (188.2 km SSE of epicenter) [Map] / not felt : Quake alarm went off  
Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago (239.1 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II)
Sosua,Dominican republic / Very weak shaking (MMI II)
Puerto Plata (227.1 km E of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II)
PAP / Light shaking (MMI IV)
GTMO / Weak shaking (MMI III)
Santiago, Dominican Republic / Weak shaking (MMI III)
Camp Mary, Haiti (116.5 km S of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Bed started rocking, nothing rattling or falling. Plants outside were swaing.  
Santiago De Los Caballeros / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Moncion, Santiago Rodríguez (195.9 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
Santiago de Los Caballeros, Dominican Republic / Light shaking (MMI IV)
santiago (234.3 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) (reported through our app)
Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago (238.2 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Felt rather strongly on 5th floor. Not as strong as last night, but still uncomfortable.  
(Haiti, 208 km SW of epicenter) : Dans le département du Sud sa va (reported through EMSC)  
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Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (1 quake)

Date and timeMag
Depth
LocationDetails
Oct 8, 2018 05:04
5 years ago
4.2

10 km
North Atlantic Ocean, 32 km N of Port-de-Paix, Nord-Ouest, HaitiMore

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