Moderate mag. 4.3 earthquake - Département de Nippes, 106 km west of Port au Prince, Haiti, on Monday, Jan 24, 2022 at 10:08 am (GMT -5) -
This quake was likely an aftershock of the 5.3 quake Département de Nippes, 106 km west of Port au Prince, Haiti, Jan 24, 2022 8:16 am (GMT -5), which had occurred 1 hour and 52 minutes earlier.
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Moderate magnitude 4.3 earthquake at 10 km depth
24 Jan 15:17 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 9 minutes.
24 Jan 16:26: Now using data updates from USGS
24 Jan 16:26: Now using data updates from USGS
Local time at epicenter: Monday, Jan 24, 2022 at 10:08 am (GMT -5)
Magnitude: 4.3
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 18.4376°N / 73.3361°W

Antipode: 18.438°S / 106.664°E
Nearby towns and cities:
106 km (66 mi) W of Port au Prince (Ouest) (pop: 1,234,700) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 1.8 x 1011 joules (49.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 42.5 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
4.3 | 10 km | 7 Km S of Anse-à-Veau, Haiti | USGS |
4.3 | 10 km | HAITI REGION | EMSC |
4.3 | 10 km | Haiti Region | RaspberryShake |
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