Haiti – Earthquake Fact Sheet No. 3, Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 – Haiti

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Situation overview

1,941 earthquake-related deaths reported in Haiti, August 2021

9,900: Estimated number of earthquake-related injuries in Haiti – August 2021

83300: Estimated number of homes damaged or destroyed United Nations – August 2021

2.2 million people experience strong vibration – MMI level 6 – or higher vibration

USGS – August 2021

The August 14 earthquake has killed at least 1,941 people and injured 9,900 as of August 17, according to the Ministry of Health.

DART USAR staff and disaster experts conduct assessments and engage departmental equal opportunity centers in Grand’Anse and Sud.

Earthquake-affected populations urgently need health assistance in Grand Anse, Nippes and Sade, where the earthquake damaged or destroyed at least 24 health facilities.

Humanitarian convoys – including trucks carrying USAID/BiH-funded aid – leave Port-au-Prince for Les Cayes.

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