AUTOPSIE  |  Économie du Risque de Catastrophe

Haiti and the Next Major Earthquake: A Cost That Can Already Be Measured

The next major earthquake in Haiti cannot be predicted.

Par Réginald Surin
28 Aug 2026 — Lecture : 15 min.
Haiti and the Next Major Earthquake: A Cost That Can Already Be Measured

Une vue des dégats causés par le séisme du 12 janvier 2010 en Haiti

The next major earthquake in Haiti cannot be predicted. Neither its date, its epicenter nor its magnitude can be announced reliably in advance. What can already be done, however, is to frame its economic cost, compare that cost with the country’s resources and, above all, measure what would be available to finance the first weeks of reconstruction.

That is the question this article addresses. In the public sources gathered here, I found no single figure linking, for 2026, potential losses, the State’s financial capacity and the financi

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