2010 Haiti earthquake

12 January 2010 magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake
Event earthquake Q43777
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2010 Haiti earthquake

Summary

2010 Haiti earthquake is an earthquake[1]. It ranks in the top 0.69% of earthquake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,272 views/month, #6 of 869).[2]

Key Facts

  • 2010 Haiti earthquake is located in Port-au-Prince Arrondissement[3].
  • 2010 Haiti earthquake is in the country of Haiti[4].
  • 2010 Haiti earthquake's instance of is recorded as earthquake[5].
  • 2010 Haiti earthquake's instance of is recorded as natural disaster[6].
  • 2010 Haiti earthquake's instance of is recorded as disaster[7].
  • 2010 Haiti earthquake's Commons category is recorded as 2010 Haiti earthquake[8].
  • 2010 Haiti earthquake occurred on January 12, 2010[9].
  • 2010 Haiti earthquake's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 18.451388888889, 'lon': -72.445194444444}[10].
  • 2010 Haiti earthquake's topic's main category is recorded as Category:2010 Haiti earthquake[11].
  • 2010 Haiti earthquake resulted in {'amount': '+230000'} deaths[12].
  • 2010 Haiti earthquake caused {'amount': '+250000'} injuries[13].
  • 2010 Haiti earthquake's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+30'}[14].
  • 2010 Haiti earthquake's earthquake magnitude on the moment magnitude scale is recorded as {'amount': '+7.15'}[15].
  • 2010 Haiti earthquake's earthquake magnitude on the Richter magnitude scale is recorded as {'amount': '+7'}[16].
  • 2010 Haiti earthquake's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q19942159[17].
  • 2010 Haiti earthquake's vertical depth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+10'}[18].
  • 2010 Haiti earthquake's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19].
  • 2010 Haiti earthquake's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Haiti[20].
  • 2010 Haiti earthquake's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Disaster management[21].
  • 2010 Haiti earthquake's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Earthquakes[22].
  • 2010 Haiti earthquake's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject 2010s[23].
  • 2010 Haiti earthquake's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject International relations[24].

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When and Where

2010 Haiti earthquake took place on January 12, 2010[9]. It is in the country of Haiti[4].

Context

Recorded instance of include earthquake[5], natural disaster[6], and disaster[7].

Outcome and Impact

2010 Haiti earthquake resulted in {'amount': '+230000'} deaths[12]. It caused {'amount': '+250000'} injuries[13].

Why It Matters

2010 Haiti earthquake ranks in the top 0.69% of earthquake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,272 views/month, #6 of 869).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . independent.co.uk. Retrieved . independent.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Earthquake magnitude on the richter magnitude scale {'amount': '+7'}
    Permanent duplicated item Q19942159
    Country Haiti
    Number of injured {'amount': '+250000'}
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007590569805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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