There is a very small chance that this earthquake could be part of a sequence that includes an even larger quake (about 1 in 20 earthquakes occur as part of a sequence). There is a chance for larger aftershocks to cause additional damage, especially in weakened structures. Already, there have been several magnitude 5 and larger aftershocks, and it is likely that there will be more over the next week, month, and beyond. Haiti’s earthquake event on August 14 was centered 13 kilometers (just over eight miles) south-southeast of Petit Troup de Nippes, and was widely felt across the region including all of Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic) and the islands of Jamaica, Cuba, and Puerto Rico, with estimates of over 1 million people exposed to very strong or severe shaking levels.Īftershocks are expected to continue to occur in the southern peninsula of Haiti, mostly in the vicinity of the magnitude 7.2 mainshock.
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