List of earthquakes in Haiti

"Haiti earthquake" redirects here. For the earthquake of 2010, see 2010 Haiti earthquake. For the earthquake of 2021, see 2021 Haiti earthquake.

Some of the earthquakes in Haiti have been very destructive to the country. The widespread damage and high-number of casualties of events in 2010 and 2021 can be partially blamed on the fact that most of the population in Haiti resides in structures that are vulnerable to earthquake shaking, in which they are made of stone and concrete.^[1]

2021

2010

1842

1770

1751

Epicentres of major earthquakes in Haiti with year of occurrence

List of major earthquakes

Date	Region	Mag.	MMI	Fatalities	Injuries	Comments	References
2023-06-06	Grand'Anse	4.9 Mw	VII	4	36	Moderate damage	[2]
2022-03-23	Grand'Anse	5.1 Mw	VIII		5	Minor damage	[3][4][5]
2022-01-24	Nippes	5.3 Mw	VII	2	52	Moderate damage	[6][7]
2021-12-21	Grand'Anse	4.4 Mw	V		150	Additional damage/Aftershock	[8][9]
2021-08-14	Nippes, Les Cayes	7.2 Mw	VIII	2,248	12,763	Severe damage	[10][11]
2018-10-07	Port-de-Paix	5.9 Mw	VI	18	580	Moderate damage	[12]
2017-09-02	Hinche	4.3 Mw	IV		1	Minor damage	[13]
2011-06-24	Port-au-Prince	3.5 Mw	III		7	Injuries caused by stampede.	[14][15]
2010-01-12	Port-au-Prince	7.0 Mw	X	100,000–316,000	300,000	Extreme damage
1994-03-02	Port-de-Paix	5.4 Mw	V	4		Damaged houses	[16]
1964-04-20	Nord	6.6 Mw	VII			Significant damage	[17]
1953-01-25		5.7		2		Moderate damage	[18]
1887-09-23	Môle-Saint-Nicolas					Severe damage / tsunami	[19]
1864-05-19	Jacmel					Moderate damage / tsunami	[20]
1860-04-08	Anse-à-Veau					Moderate damage / tsunami	[21]
1842-05-07	Cap-Haïtien	8.1 Ms		5,300		Extreme damage / destructive tsunami
1784-07-29	Port-au-Prince–Léogâne–Petit-Goâve					Severe damage	[22]
1775-12-18						Minimal damage / tsunami	[23]
March 1775						Minimal damage / tsunami	[24]
1770-06-03	Port-au-Prince	7.5 Mw		250+		Severe damage / tsunami
1751-11-21	Port-au-Prince	8.0 Ms				Severe damage
1751-09-15	Port-au-Prince					Moderate damage / tsunami	[25]
1701-11-09	Léogâne–Petit-Goâve					Moderate damage	[26]
1562-12-02		7.7 MI				Concepción de la Vega destroyed	[27]
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

See also

• Haiti portal

• Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone
• Geology of Haiti
• Lists of earthquakes