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  2. 2010 Haiti earthquake - Wikipedia

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    The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 M w earthquake that struck Haiti at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The epicenter was near the town of Léogâne , Ouest department , approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Port-au-Prince , Haiti's capital.

  3. Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone - Wikipedia

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    A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince in 1770. The 1907 Kingston earthquake damaged every building in Kingston, Jamaica. [1] The 2010 magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred near Port-au-Prince along blind thrust faults associated with this fault zone. [5] [6] The 2021 Haiti earthquake (magnitude 7.2) struck Haiti's ...

  4. List of populated places affected by the 2010 Haiti earthquake

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    This is a list of populated places and structures affected by the 2010 Haiti earthquake, a magnitude 7.0 M w earthquake that occurred on 12 January 2010, with an epicentre approximately 25 km (16 mi) west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, [1] and affected an estimated three million people. [2]

  5. Septentrional–Oriente fault zone - Wikipedia

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    The Gonâve microplate, showing location of the main fault zones. The Septentrional–Orient fault zone (SOFZ) is a system of active coaxial left lateral-moving strike slip faults that runs along the northern side of the island of Hispaniola where Haiti and the Dominican Republic are located and continues along the south of Cuba along the northern margin of the Cayman Trough.

  6. Haiti better off 5 years after quake, though still troubled - AOL

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    PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Before the earth shook and turned their lives upside down, Rosena Dordor was like millions of poor Haitians, living with her family in a cramped home with no running ...

  7. List of earthquakes in Haiti - Wikipedia

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    Some of the earthquakes in Haiti have been very destructive to the country. The widespread damage and high-number of casualties of events in 2010 and 2021 can be partially blamed on the fact that most of the population in Haiti resides in structures that are vulnerable to earthquake shaking, in which they are made of stone and concrete.

  8. Haiti's Hotels Thrive Amid the Earthquake Disaster's Long ...

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    The vista from the private terrace of the John Barrymore Suite at the Hotel Oloffson in Port-au-Prince is a vision of verdant hills and a brilliant blue bay, a dramatic postcard that reveals not a ...

  9. Éric Calais - Wikipedia

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    Eric Calais was heavily involved in the aftermath of the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti, both as a scientist [21] and as an advisor to the Haitian government and its international partners [22] He co-chaired the Working Group on the Haiti Earthquake at the United Nations in 2010 and worked in Haiti from 2010 to 2012 as a scientific ...