Earthquake map
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Earthquake map
HAITI EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY MAP E A RTH QU A K E , J A NU A RY 12t h , 2010 EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY 74° W 0 The Modified Mercalli (MMI) Intensity Scale* 0 N 20° 5 Felt by nearly everyone; many awakened. Some dishes, windows broken. Unstable objects overturned. Pendulum clocks may stop. 6 Felt by all, many frightened. Some heavy furniture moved; a few instances HAITI of fallen plaster. Damage slight. 7 Damage negligible in buildings of good design and construction; slight to moderate in well-built ordinary structures; considerable damage in poorly built or badly designed structures; some chimneys broken. 10 10 73° W 20 mi 20 30 km N 20° Port-de-Paix Saint Louis Du Nord Anse-a-foleur Jean Rabel Limbe Bombardopolis Pilate Plaisance Terre-neuve Gonaives Caribbean Some well-built wooden structures destroyed; most ARTIBONITE Sea dations. Rails bent. Acul Plaine Du Nord Du Nord Limonade Fort-liberte Ferrier Trou-du-nord NORTH Milot Sainte Suzanne Quanaminthe Dondon Grande Riviera Dajabon Du Nord Perches Marmelade Bahon NORTHEAST Ennery Saint-raphael Vallieres Ranguitte Saint Michel Mont Organise De L'attalaye Pignon La Victoire Gros Morne Anse Rouge Baie-de-Henne 10^ masonry and frame structures destroyed with foun- Cap-haitien Quartier Marin Caracol Phaeton Port-margot Bassin-bleu Damage considerable in specially designed structures; well-designed frame structures thrown out of plumb. Damage great in substantial buildings, with partial collapse. Buildings shifted off foundations. 9 Monte Cristi Le Borgne NORTHWEST Mole-saint-nicolas Damage slight in specially designed structures; onsiderable damage in ordinary substantial buildings with partial collapse. Damage great in poorly built structures. Fall of chimneys, factory stacks, columns, monuments, walls. Heavy furniture overturned. 8 Source: USGS Dessalines Grande-Saline *MMI is a measure of ground shaking and is different from overall Saint-Marc WEST Magasin Pointe-a-raquette AnseDhainault WEST Roseaux Corail N 18° #"! Les Anglais Port-a-piment The boundaries and names used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the U.S. Government. Coteaux Roch-a-bateau Port Salut SOUTH Leogane NIPPES Lasile Maniche Camp-perrin Carrefour Anse-a-Veau Baraderes Sources Chaudes Chardonnieres Petit Trou De Nippes Pestel GRAND ANSE La Cahouane Cornillon Thomazeau Les Irois Tiburon Savenette Duvalierville Moron Chambellan Cavaillon Chantal Petit-Goave Miragoane GrandGoave Aquin La Vallee De Jacmel Saint-louis-de-sud Les Cayes Torbeck Cotes-de-Fer Bainet Gressier Etang Saumatre !7 Î PORT-AU-PRINCE Croix Des Ganthier Bouquets Petite Rivieres Fond De Nippes Parisien Jimani MAGNITUDE 7.0 1/12/10 21:53:09 UTC Fonds-verrettes Trouin SOUTHEAST Jacmel CayesJacmel Belle-anse Thiote Marigot Grand-Gosier Banane Pedernales Saint-Jean Anse-a-Pitres 74° W Elias Pina Baptiste Lascahobas Saut-d'eau Arcahaie Belladere Lac de Peligre Mirebalais Jeremie Abricots N 19° Source: USGS/PAGER Alert Version: 5 Cap DameMarie Cerca-la-source Thomassique CENTER Verrettes The Modified Mercalli (MMI) Intensity Scale MMI INTENSITY POPULATION 5 6,308,000 6 777,000 7 749,000 8 1,884,000 9 710,000 10 137,000 Hinche Petite-riviere-de-l'artibonite POPULATION EXPOSED TO SHAKING N Cerca Carvajal Maissade earthquake magnitude as measured by the Richter Scale. ^Area shown on map may fall within MMI 9 classification, but constitute the areas of heaviest shaking based on USGS data. 19° Last updated 1 pm 01/13/10 72° W NORTHWEST Palmiste DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CUBA 73° W 72° W N 18°