Earthquake Information for 2010
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Deaths from Earthquakes for 2010
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Earthquake with the most casualties for 2010
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January 12, Haiti region, M7.0
According to
official estimates, 316,000 people killed, 300,000 injured, 1.3
million displaced, 97,294 houses destroyed and 188,383 damaged
in the Port-au-Prince area and in much of southern Haiti. Other
estimates suggest substantially lower numbers of casualties,
perhaps as low as fewer than 100,000. The casualties include at
least 4 people killed by a local tsunami in the Petit Paradis
area near Leogane. Tsunami waves were also reported at Jacmel,
Les Cayes, Petit Goave, Leogane, Luly and Anse a Galets. The
tsunami had recorded wave heights (peak-to-trough) of 12 cm at
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and 2 cm at Christiansted, US
Virgin Islands. Uplift was observed along the coast from Leogane
to L'Acul and subsidence was observed along the coast from Grand
Trou to Port Royal. Felt (VIII) at Leogane; (VII) at Carrefour,
Port-au-Prince and Petionville; (VI) at Vieux Bourg d'Aquin; (V)
at Port-de-Paix. Felt (V) at La Vega, Moca and San Cristobal;
(IV) at Bani, Bonao, Luperon, Nagua, Puerto Plata, Santiago,
Santo Domingo and Sosua, Dominican Republic. Felt throughout
Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Felt (III) at Oranjestad,
Aruba; (IV) at Santiago de Cuba and (III) at Guantanamo, Cuba;
(II) in the Kingston-Mona area, Jamaica; (II) at Carolina and
San Juan, Puerto Rico; (III) at Cockburn Harbour and (II) at
Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos Islands; (III) at Maracaibo and
(II) at Caracas, Venezuela. Felt in parts of The Bahamas, Puerto
Rico and the US Virgin Islands and as far as southern Florida,
northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela.
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United States Earthquakes for 2010
- Largest in:
- 6.6 -- Alaska, July 18 -- Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands
- 6.5 -- California, January 10 -- Offshore northern California
- 4.8 -- Hawaii, November 24 -- Maui region
- 4.8 -- Wyoming, August 05
- 4.6 -- Utah, April 15
- 4.5 -- Nevada, June 12
- 4.4 -- Oklahoma, October 13
- 4.1 -- New Mexoco, March 28
- 4.1 -- Washington, November 16
- 4.0 -- Arkansas, October 11
- 3.9 -- Texas, April 25
- 3.8 -- Illinois, February 10
- 3.8 -- Indiana, December 30
- 3.7 -- Montana, January 13 -- western Montana
- 3.7 -- Oregon, July 03
- 3.6 -- Arizona, May 24 07:27
- 3.6 -- Arizona, May 24 23:53
- 3.6 -- Colorado, May 27
- 3.6 -- Idaho, August 21 -- southern Idaho
- 3.4 -- Missouri, March 02 -- southeastern Missouri
- 3.4 -- New Hampshire, September 26
- 3.4 -- Virginia, July 16
- 3.4 -- West Virginia, April 04
- 3.3 -- Nebraska, November 18
- 3.3 -- Tennessee, April 20
- 3.2 -- Alabama, May 06
- 3.0 -- Louisiana, August 02
- 3.0 -- Maine, March 30
- 3.0 -- Ohio, April 25