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Light mag. 3.0 earthquake - Caribbean Sea, 37 km west of Jeremie, Grandans, Haiti, on Wednesday, Nov 30, 2022 at 10:59 am (GMT -5) -

Light magnitude 3.0 earthquake at 5 km depth

30 Nov 16:08 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 8 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Nov 30, 2022 15:59:48 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Wednesday, Nov 30, 2022 at 10:59 am (GMT -5)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	3
Depth	5.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	18.6°N / 74.46°W (Caribbean Sea, Haiti)
Antipode	18.6°S / 105.54°E
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	6 km (4 mi) NW of Dame-Marie (pop: 6,040) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 17 km (11 mi) WSW of Abricots (pop: 1,250) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 22 km (14 mi) W of Moron (pop: 1,830) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 31 km (19 mi) NNW of Tiburon (pop: 3,050) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 37 km (23 mi) W of Jeremie (pop: 97,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 41 km (26 mi) NW of Les Anglais (pop: 8,250) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 88 km (55 mi) WNW of Les Cayes (pop: 125,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 224 km (139 mi) W of Port au Prince (pop: 1,234,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Clear Sky 28.8°C (84 F), humidity: 62%, wind: 6 m/s (11 kts) from NE
Estimated seismic energy released	2 x 10⁹ joules (554 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.477 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
3.0	5 km	3.0 HAITI REGION	EMSC
3.0	5 km	Haiti Region	RaspberryShake

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Seismic station: Mount Denham, Jamaica (MTDJ/CU network) | Distance from quake: 327 km / 203 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Mount Denham, Jamaica: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.5-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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