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General Discussion => Science & Nature => Topic started by: sam on January 14, 2010, 01:42

Title: Maps of Earthquake and Aftershocks in Haiti
Post by: sam on January 14, 2010, 01:42

http://www.universetoday.com/2010/01/13/map-of-earthquake-and-aftershocks-in-haiti/

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At 21:53 UTC on January 12, 2010 an earthquake with a magnitude 7.0 struck the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The US Geological Survey (USGS) says that it was the most violent earthquake to strike the impoverished country in a century, and death tolls are reported to be rising into the hundreds of thousands. "Porte-au-Prince is probably one of the worst constructed cities in the world, and even the presidential palace collapsed," said Roger Bilham, from the University of Colorado-Boulder. "This is an earthquake many of us were expecting to occur sooner or later."

Title: Re: Maps of Earthquake and Aftershocks in Haiti
Post by: Simon on January 14, 2010, 12:14

A tragic loss of life.  :(

Title: Re: Maps of Earthquake and Aftershocks in Haiti
Post by: Rik on January 14, 2010, 15:41

And one that no amount of foreign aid will prevent happening again.