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This is a list of earthquakes in Haiti. Some of them have been very destructive to the country. == List of major earthquakes == As of 2010, the following major earthquakes have been recorded in Haiti. * 1564 Concepción de la Vega and ''Santiago de los Caballeros destroyed. * 1701 Tiburon Peninsula from Leogane to Petit Goave - on 9 November severe destruction occurred and "part of the shore sank into the sea".〔 * 1751 Port-au-Prince earthquake (18 October): According to French historian Moreau de Saint-Méry, "only one masonry building had not collapsed" in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital city. * 1770 Port-au-Prince earthquake (3 June): The city was levelled by a magnitude 7.5 quake, which killed over 200 people. * 1783 Santiago de los Caballeros - a strong quake partially destroyed the church.〔 * 1842 Cap-Haitien earthquake (7 May): An earthquake destroyed the city of Cap-Haïtien and other towns in the north of Haiti and the Dominican Republic; this earthquake also destroyed the Sans-Souci Palace. 10,000 people were killed.〔, quoting and . http://haitimega.com/Cap_Haitien-Cap_Haitian_Earthquake_of_May_7_1842/84144788150681600/article_84481504601309194.jsp〕 It has been estimated that its magnitude was 8.1.〔()〕 * 1946 Dominican Republic earthquake' (4 August): This 8.0-magnitude quake in Samaná also shook Haiti horrifically, producing a tsunami that killed 1,600 people. * 2010 Haiti earthquake (12 January):. The epicentre of this magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake was near Léogâne, approximately west of Port-au-Prince.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2010/us2010rja6/ )〕 at a depth of . The United States Geological Survey recorded a series of at least 33 aftershocks, 14 of which were between magnitudes 5.0 and 5.9. The International Red Cross estimated that about three million people were affected by the quake; the Haitian Government reports that over 316,000 people had been identified as dead, an estimated 300,000 injured, and an estimated 1,000,000 homeless. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of earthquakes in Haiti」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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