3 Earthquakes In 48 Hours

Haiti - Security : 3 earthquakes in 48 hours
17/04/2015 09:52:01

The Geological Engineer Claude Prépetit, Coordinator of the Seismic Technical Unit (UTS) of the Bureau of Mines and Energy (BME) informs that in the last 48 hours 3 earthquakes were felt in Haiti, including two lightweight and one mmoderate.

Wednesday, April 15, 2015 : (Carrefour and Gressier)
A light earthquake 3.43 magnitude on the Richter scale was recorded at 01h03'32 '' am, Haiti time [5:03:32 UTC]. The epicenter was located 13.6 km south east of the city of Léogâne 18.40°N, 72.57°W, 0 km depth. It was felt in Carrefour and Gressier.

Wednesday, April 15, 2015 : : (Jérémie and Baradères)
A moderate earthquake of 4.33 magnitude on the Richter scale was recorded at 09h56'52 'pm, Haiti time [1:56:52 UTC]. The epicenter was located at sea 23 km north-east of the city of Jérémie, 18.79°N, 73.97°W 14 km deep. It was felt in Jérémie and Baradères.

Thursday, April 16, 2015 :
UA light earthquake 3.73 magnitude on the Richter scale was recorded at 04h04'07 '' am, Haiti time [8:04:07 UTC]. The epicenter was located at sea 81 km northwest of Pointe à Raquettes 19.26°N, 73.65°W (La Gonâve), 9 km deep.

According to geological engineer Prépetit these microseismic allow to gradually release the pressure and are a good thing, however, stating, "this does not prevent from having a strong earthquake at any moment."

See also :
http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-13623-haiti-security-presentation-of-seismic-micro-zoning-maps.html
http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-13587-haiti-security-23-earthquakes-recorded-in-2015.html

HL/ HaitiLibre