July 29, 1784 Earthquake: Petit Goave,leogane,port-Au-Prince, Haiti

Date

July 29, 1784

Time

14:10 UTC

Place

Petit Goave,leogane,port-Au-Prince, Haiti

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

18.500° N, 72.300° W

Country

Haiti

Damage

Severe (about $5 to $25 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 · 25 km
• May 7, 1842, Cap-HaitienM8 · 5,300 deaths · 139 km
• August 14, 2021, HaitiM7.2 · 2,248 deaths · $1.6 billion · 53,815 houses destroyed · 124 km
• June 3, 1770, Port-Au-Prince, HaitiM7.5 · 200 deaths · 116 km
• October 7, 2018, Port-Dex-Paix, HaitiM5.9 · 18 deaths · $75 million · 2,102 houses destroyed · 186 km
• October 28, 1952, Anse-A-Veau, HaitiM6.2 · 6 deaths · $20 million · 158 km
• March 2, 1994, Saint-Louis du Nord, HaitiM5.4 · 4 deaths · 154 km
• January 24, 2022, Nippes, HaitiM5.3 · 2 deaths · 190 houses destroyed · 110 km
• January 25, 1953, HaitiM5.7 · 2 deaths · 117 km
• September 15, 1751, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti0 km
• November 21, 1751, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti0 km
• November 9, 1701, Leogane,petit Goave, Haiti25 km
• May 19, 1864, Jacmel, Haiti41 km
• April 12, 1793, Santo Domingo (St Domingue), Haiti56 km
• March 1775, Unknown Location, Haiti57 km

Significant earthquakes of 1784The 1700sRecent earthquakes near hereThis day in weather history

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 1475.