Nippes, Haiti | M7.2

August 14, 2021, M 7.2 Earthquake

Earthquake Information

• USGS Event Page

Resources and Reports

• 2021 Haiti Earthquake Reconnaissance Briefing Webinar recording. This EERI Learning from Earthquakes webinar provided a multi-disciplinary overview of preliminary observations from the M7.2 August 14, 2021 Haiti Earthquake. The webinar covered the earthquake seismology, the humanitarian response, and scientific, engineering, social, and political impacts. Speakers included:
  • Earthquake Overview, Sue Hough, USGS (not included in recording)
  • Humanitarian Response, Lindsay Davis, USAID-USGS EDAT
  • USGS landslide mapping and analysis, Kate Allstadt, USGS,
  • Geotechnical Engineering Observations, Shideh Dashti, CU Boulder
  • Social and Political Observations, Joanne Pérodin, Florida International University
  • Building Damage, Gefthe Devilmé, GeoHazards International
  • StEER Data Collection Effort, Tracy Kijewski-Correa, StEER/Notre Dame
• Preliminary Damage Proxy Map from Earth Observatory of Singapore (ARIA-SG)
• NASA Disasters Mapping Portal
• Satellite Imagery Collected Through the International Charter
• USAID Haiti Earthquake Event Page
• Resources for StEER 2021 Haiti Earthquake Response

News Articles

• Haiti News: Search for Survivors After Quake Kills Nearly 1,300 (New York Times)
• Haiti quake death toll rises to 1,419, injured now at 6,000 (Associated Press)
• Photos: Scenes From The Haiti Earthquake (NPR)

Other Resouces

• EERI Virtual Earthquake Clearinghouse website for 2010 Haiti Earthquake
• EERI 2010 Haiti Earthquake, Special Issue of Earthquake Spectra (Open Access through mid-September 2021)