M 7.2 earthquake in Haiti August 14

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Wikipedia article (still rapidly evolving of course)

USGS estimates 1000-10,000 deaths as most likely scenario, most likely the deadliest earthquake this year: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000f65h/executive
Edit: An hour later the most likely scenario is now over 100,000 deaths. That could make it the deadliest earthquake since the 2010 Haiti earthquake 100 km away.

Larger magnitude than the 2010 earthquake, but weaker shaking (edit: not with updated estimates) and farther away from the capital.

 

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USGS estimates 1000-10,000 deaths as most likely scenario, most likely the deadliest earthquake this year: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000f65h/executive

It was a shallow earthquake, 10 km depth, meaning a lot of violent shaking at the surface. There have been several aftershocks in the high 4 and low 5 M range.

 

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2200 dead, 350 missing, 12,000 injured. Looks like the initial estimates were too pessimistic. It's still by far the worst earthquake this year.