A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Croix-des-Bouquets in Haiti. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -72.2148 West, latitude 18.6149 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qy99. Id of event: us6000qy99. The temblor was picked up at 03:02:21 / 3:02 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/08/25 / 2025-08-05 03:02:21 / August 5, 2025 @ 3:02 am.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Neiba, Pedernales, Pignon (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Haiti (c. 9 649 000 pop). Event epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Port-au-Prince (c. 1 234 700 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Carrefour (c. 442 200 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Delmas 73 (c. 382 900 pop), 14 km (8 miles) from Pétionville (c. 283 100 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Croix des Bouquets (c. 229 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Jacmel (c. 138 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km NNE of Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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