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Haiti earthquake details

markhaldane
in Other Sciences

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For those interested, a summary of the Haiti earthquake via USGS:

 

Magnitude 7.0

Depth 13 km

 

Located on the boundary between the Caribbean Plate and North-American Plate (left-lateral strike-slip). This boundary accomodates 20 mm/y movement.

 

Earthquake mechanism was a left-lateral strike-slip fault on the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault system (7 mm/y movement).

 

There is a nice poster with some maps here.

 

Off-topic;

Is this place likely to get an Earth-Sciences sub-forum anytime soon?

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