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Weak mag. 2.8 earthquake - 24 km northeast of Les Cayes, Arrondissement des Cayes, Sud, Haiti, on Wednesday, Nov 30, 2022 at 11:36 am (GMT -5) -

Weak magnitude 2.8 earthquake at 15 km depth

30 Nov 18:08 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 1 hour and 31 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Nov 30, 2022 16:36:51 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Wednesday, Nov 30, 2022 at 11:36 am (GMT -5)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	2.8
Depth	15.4 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	18.348°N / 73.582°W (Arrondissement d'Aquin, Sud, Haiti)
Antipode	18.348°S / 106.418°E
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	RaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	9 km (6 mi) NE of Cavaillon (pop: 1,020) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 10 km (6 mi) NNW of Saint Louis (pop: 1,530) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 16 km (10 mi) SSE of Baradères (Nippes) (pop: 1,670) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 21 km (13 mi) WNW of Aquin (pop: 5,250) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 24 km (15 mi) NE of Les Cayes (pop: 125,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 76 km (47 mi) W of Petit-Goave (Ouest) (pop: 117,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 102 km (63 mi) W of Leogane (Ouest) (pop: 134,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 133 km (83 mi) W of Port au Prince (Ouest) (pop: 1,234,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	1 x 10⁹ joules (278 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.239 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
2.8	15 km	Haiti Region	RaspberryShake

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Santo Domingo, DR (SDD/DR network) | Distance from quake: 387 km / 240 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Santo Domingo, DR: 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

User reports for this quake

At magnitude 2.8, this quake might have been felt very close to the epicenter and under calm conditions.

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.

There are no user reports for this quake.

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