Special Seismic Bulletin, August 2026
- Major earthquakes of magnitude 7.1 to 7.8 occurred between June and August 2026 along the Pacific Ring of Fire, including magnitude 7.8 in the Philippines on June 8.
- Haiti's seismic activity comes from the Caribbean plate meeting the North America, South America and Cocos plates.
- In June 2026, 140 earthquakes of magnitude 1.9 to 4.9 occurred on the whole island (source: OSPL), 24 of them in Haiti with magnitude 1.3 to 3.2.
- In July 2026, 207 earthquakes of magnitude 1.9 to 4.0 occurred on the whole island (source: OSPL), 29 of them in Haiti with magnitude 1.4 to 4.1.
- In June, Nord-Ouest was the most affected department with 8 of 24 earthquakes (33%). In July, the leaders were Nippes with 8 (26%), Nord-Ouest with 7 (24%) and Sud with 5 of 29 (17%).
- The bulletin describes the activity in Haiti as weak to moderate, without major danger, and calls for continued monitoring and risk prevention.
The bulletin lists major earthquakes of magnitude 7.1 to 7.8 in the Philippines, Venezuela, Mexico, Japan, Colombia and Indonesia between June 8 and August 15, 2026, and explains that Haiti's seismicity comes from the Caribbean plate meeting the North America, South America and Cocos plates. The Caribbean plate lies outside the Ring of Fire but interacts with plates that belong to it.
For Haiti, it reports 24 earthquakes in June and 29 in July 2026 and describes the activity as weak to moderate, with mostly low-magnitude events. It concludes that continued seismic monitoring and risk prevention remain necessary.
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Bureau of Mines and Energy (BME), Special Seismic Bulletin, August 2026, https://bme.gouv.ht/media/upload/doc/publications/bulletin_special_ao%C3%BBt_26.pdf
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