Haiti was rocked by 4 earthquakes inside a five-hour interval on Wednesday, however the Civil Safety Directorate (DPC) reported there was no lack of life or injury.
It mentioned the primary quake occurred at 7.31 a.m. with a magnitude of 4.0, adopted six minutes later with a quake of three.6 and one with a magnitude of three.9 at 9.11 a.m.
The final quake with a magnitude of two.5 occurred at 1.41 p.m.
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Based on the DPC, the epicenter of the 4 earthquakes was positioned at 18.82 levels north latitude and 74.15 levels west longitude, north of Jérémie, de la Gonâve, Miragoâne and northwest of Port-au-Prince at a depth of 4 kilometers.
The earthquakes on Wednesday had been in the identical space the place on December 28, final 12 months, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 rocked Jérémie. As had been the case on Wednesday, there was additionally no lack of life or injury.
In January 2010, Haiti was rocked by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that killed 220,000 individuals.
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