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Very strong mag. 6.6 earthquake - 69 km north of Haitia Kabo, Cap-Haitien, Nord, Haiti, on Friday, April 20, 1962 at 05:47 GMT

Very strong magnitude 6.6 earthquake at 25 km depth

Earthquake details

Date & time	Apr 20, 1962 05:47:56 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	6.6
Depth	25.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	20.378°N / 72.197°W (North Atlantic Ocean, Haiti)
Antipode	20.378°S / 107.803°E
Shaking intensity	Strong shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Morne la Vigie (178 km / 111 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	69 km (43 mi) N of Haitia Kabo (pop: 134,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 74 km (46 mi) NE of Saint-Louis du Nord (pop: 11,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 78 km (48 mi) NNE of Limbe (Limbé) (pop: 32,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 82 km (51 mi) NE of Port-de-Paix (pop: 250,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 82 km (51 mi) NW of San Fernando de Monte Cristi (Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic) (pop: 17,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 83 km (51 mi) NE of Ti Port-de-Paix (Port-de-Paix) (pop: 34,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 88 km (55 mi) NNW of Fort Liberte (Fort Liberté) (pop: 11,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 116 km (72 mi) NNE of Gonaives (pop: 85,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 163 km (101 mi) SW of Kobern Taun (Turks & Caicos Islands) (pop: 3,720) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 205 km (127 mi) N of Port au Prince (pop: 1,234,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
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Estimated seismic energy released	5 x 10¹⁴ joules (139 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1.2 x 10⁵ tons of TNT or 7.5 atomic bombs!) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
6.6	25 km	Haiti region	USGS

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