An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.4 on the Richter scale was recorded to the west of here on Saturday.
The Bureau of Mines and Energy (BME) says the epicentre of the quake was located 20 km west of Port-au-Prince, between the commune of Léogâne and Carrefour and 5.6 km northwest of La Salle.
Haiti rocked by minor earthquake
The devastating January 12 earthquake in Haiti also set off a swarm of unusual tsunamis, which killed three and destroyed several homes, experts said today.
Though surveying damage and rescuing survivors was of utmost priority for several weeks, scientists are now starting to examine some of the side effects of the temblor, such as the tsunamis.
The waves, which averaged about ten feet (three meters) high, slammed shores along the Bay of Port-au-Prince and the southern coast of the island of Hispaniola (see map), which is shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
At least one wave hit the shore as far as 62 miles (100 kilometers) away from the earthquake's epicenter, near Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Tsunamis are rare though not unheard of in the Caribbean—a 1946 wave in the Dominican Republic killed nearly 2,000 people, said Hermann Fritz, a civil and coastal engineer who worked with a team from Haiti's Quisqueya University to study the tsunamis.
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***According to the above article, when Haiti had a large 7.0 earthquake in 2010 a tsunami was generated which killed 3 persons.
In 1946 a tsunami killed nearly 2,000 people in the Dominican Republic.
I have heard what to do when an earthquake occurs, not enough as needed, and almost nothing to do about what to do in case of a tsunami except to run to higher ground if you live near the coast after a major earthquake.
From what I understand, higher grounds include hills, or mountains, or inside strong tall buildings fitted with steel. Therefore if one lives or is near coastline areas when there is a major earthquake immediately persons must run to up a hill, or mountain as quick as they can, or run up a strong building, ensuring to go high enough inside the building, to avoid being swept away.
In 2011, Japan was hit by a tsunami that was generated by the greatest earthquake in its history. The first tsunami warning was announced 3 min after the earthquake, as is normal, but failed to estimate the actual tsunami height. Most of the structural countermeasures were not designed for the huge tsunami that was generated by the magnitude M = 9.0 earthquake; as a result, many were destroyed and did not stop the tsunami. These structures included breakwaters, seawalls, water gates, and control forests.
Lessons Learned from the 2011 Great East Japan Tsunami: Performance of Tsunami Countermeasures, Coastal Buildings, and Tsunami Evacuation in Japan