Explications du séisme
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Le séisme qui s'est produit à Haïti dans la nuit de mardi à mercredi n'a rien d'étonnant pour les experts.
Le séisme d'Haïti n'a rien d'étonnant | slate
About 200 earthquakes are located in and around Jamaica per year most of which are minor, having magnitudes less than 4.0. The most seismically active areas are the Blue Mountain block in eastern Jamaica and the Montpelier-Newmarket belt in western Jamaica.
Earthquakes in Jamaica - Earthquake Unit, The University of West
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti this evening, causing extensive damage to the capital, Port-au-Prince, and probably causing many casualties. The map below shows where the main shock occurred (red), as well as the epicentres of the numerous aftershocks (orange) that occurred in the following 5 or 6 hours (and continue even as I write).
Tectonics of the Haitian earthquake : Highly Allochthonous
- Un sismogramme enregistre les secousses du tremblement de terre qui a secoué l'Ecosse en 2008. REUTERS/David Moir -
