January 25, 1953 Earthquake: Haiti
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Haiti on January 25, 1953 at 19:47:00 UTC. It killed 2 people.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- January 25, 1953
- Time
- 19:47:00 UTC
- Place
- Haiti
- Magnitude
- 5.7
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 18.400° N, 73.400° W
- Country
- Haiti
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- 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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- January 12, 2010, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
- May 7, 1842, Cap-Haitien
- August 14, 2021, Haiti
- June 3, 1770, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
- October 7, 2018, Port-Dex-Paix, Haiti
- October 28, 1952, Anse-A-Veau, Haiti
- June 6, 2023, Haiti
- March 2, 1994, Saint-Louis du Nord, Haiti
- January 24, 2022, Nippes, Haiti
- April 8, 1860, Anse-A-Veau, Haiti
- April 17, 1860, Petit Trou Nippes, Haiti
- May 19, 1864, Jacmel, Haiti
- November 9, 1701, Leogane,petit Goave, Haiti
- September 15, 1751, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
- November 21, 1751, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
More
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Sources
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 4011.