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On Tuesday, January 12, 2010, at 04:53 PM local time (21:53 UTC), an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 occurred 25 km westsouthwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, near the town of Grand Goave. The main shock was felt as far away as Florida and Venezuela. The earthquake caused major damage to most houses in the region of Port-au-Prince. Around 300,000 people were found dead, around the same number were injured. This makes the Haiti earthquake the second-deadliest seismic event that was ever recorded. Only the Shaanxi earthquake in 1556 caused more losses of life. The tsunami that was triggered by the earthquake reached up to 3 meters on the southern shore of Hispanola island.

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rdfs:label	2010 Haiti earthquake
rdfs:comment	On Tuesday, January 12, 2010, at 04:53 PM local time (21:53 UTC), an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 occurred 25 km westsouthwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, near the town of Grand Goave. The main shock was felt as far away as Florida and Venezuela. The earthquake caused major damage to most houses in the region of Port-au-Prince. Around 300,000 people were found dead, around the same number were injured. This makes the Haiti earthquake the second-deadliest seismic event that was ever recorded. Only the Shaanxi earthquake in 1556 caused more losses of life. The tsunami that was triggered by the earthquake reached up to 3 meters on the southern shore of Hispanola island.
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Date	--01-12
Depth	13.0
Country	Haiti
Name	Haiti
tsunami	yes
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latNS	N
Casualties	ca. 300,000
epicenter	near Port-au-Prince
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lonEW	W
Place	Haiti
Time	2010-01-12(xsd:date) 2010-01-13(xsd:date) 2010-01-20(xsd:date) 1013.0
Longitude	72(xsd:double) 72(xsd:double) 72(xsd:double) 72(xsd:double) 72(xsd:double) 72(xsd:double) 72(xsd:double) 72(xsd:double) 72(xsd:double) 72(xsd:double) 72(xsd:double) 72(xsd:double) 72(xsd:double) 72(xsd:double) 73(xsd:integer)
magnitude	7(xsd:integer)
Year	2010(xsd:integer)
abstract	On Tuesday, January 12, 2010, at 04:53 PM local time (21:53 UTC), an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 occurred 25 km westsouthwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, near the town of Grand Goave. The main shock was felt as far away as Florida and Venezuela. The earthquake caused major damage to most houses in the region of Port-au-Prince. Around 300,000 people were found dead, around the same number were injured. This makes the Haiti earthquake the second-deadliest seismic event that was ever recorded. Only the Shaanxi earthquake in 1556 caused more losses of life. The tsunami that was triggered by the earthquake reached up to 3 meters on the southern shore of Hispanola island. The place where the earthquake hit is on the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault system, a transformation fault where the Caribbean plate slips along the North American plate.

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