November 9, 1701 Earthquake: Leogane,petit Goave, Haiti

Date

November 9, 1701

Place

Leogane,petit Goave, Haiti

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

18.300° N, 72.400° W

Country

Haiti

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

• January 12, 2010, Port-Au-Prince, HaitiM7 · 316,000 deaths · $8 billion · 97,294 houses destroyed · 22 km
• May 7, 1842, Cap-HaitienM8 · 5,300 deaths · 163 km
• August 14, 2021, HaitiM7.2 · 2,248 deaths · $1.6 billion · 53,815 houses destroyed · 114 km
• June 3, 1770, Port-Au-Prince, HaitiM7.5 · 200 deaths · 108 km
• October 28, 1952, Anse-A-Veau, HaitiM6.2 · 6 deaths · $20 million · 149 km
• March 2, 1994, Saint-Louis du Nord, HaitiM5.4 · 4 deaths · 172 km
• June 6, 2023, HaitiM4.9 · 4 deaths · 199 km
• January 24, 2022, Nippes, HaitiM5.3 · 2 deaths · 190 houses destroyed · 101 km
• January 25, 1953, HaitiM5.7 · 2 deaths · 106 km
• May 19, 1864, Jacmel, Haiti18 km
• September 15, 1751, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti25 km
• November 21, 1751, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti25 km
• July 29, 1784, Petit Goave,leogane,port-Au-Prince, Haiti25 km
• March 1775, Unknown Location, Haiti78 km
• December 18, 1775, Unknown Location, Haiti78 km

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Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 1151.