Seismic Activity in the Caribbean

>> >> The MW 7.0 Haiti Earthquake of January 12, 2010: USGS/EERI Advance Reconnaissance Team Report...More>>

>> Presentation by Dr. Eric Calais took place February 26, in Port-au-Prince. Presentation provides technical information and hopes to inform the rebuilding effort. (English; French)...The fact that the scientific community is sure that PAP is facing a 7.5 magnitude event just 2 kms from Pétion-Ville at any time is truly a motivating sound bite to mobilize alliances for disaster management and risk reduction in Haiti. Review Dr. Calais' draft white paper on a National Earthquake Risk Reduction Program in Haiti (click here) and the report he co-authored for the USGS documenting the initial seismic hazard maps for Haiti (click here).

>> Experts say, Doug Copp makes many exaggerated claims about the so called "Triangle of Life." (click here)

>> UN-Spider Update on the Haiti Earthquake (click here)

>> Read Dr. Roger Bilham's post-Haiti earthquake report (click here)

>> See Eduardo Fierro's, BFP Engineers, PowerPoint Presentation about Haiti earthquake (click here)

>> Rapid Damage Assessment by Kit Miyamoto, Structural Engineer (click here). Also see links to CNN report and Kit's online journal on the Miyamoto Internation website (click here). **Nouvelle - L'énorme contribution de Kit Miyamoto (click here)

>> USAID-DCHA Haiti Earthquake Program Map (click here) for full image

>> USAID/OFDA has made available the Haiti Preparedness and Mitigation Fact Sheet #1. In addition, they are publishing factsheets regularly that provide updates on the progress of the Haiti Earthquake response effort. More>>

>> USGS notification: Haiti earthquake and expected aftershocks (Creole, English, French, Spanish)

>> ACCESS links to IMAGES and Haiti earthquake related information (click here)

Simulated Ground Deformation, Gonave and Caribbean plates, Enriquillo fault
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>> Collaborative Research: GPS Measurements and Deformation Modeling of Oblique Subduction and Strain Partitioning in the Northeastern Caribbean - E. Calais, A. Freed (Purdue University), P. Jansma, G. Mattioli (University of Arkansas) (Click here)

>> Deformation of Jamaica and motion of the Gonave microplate from GPS and seismic data (2007) - D. DeMets and M. Wiggins-Grandison (Click here)

>> Interseismic Plate coupling and strain partitioning in the Northeastern Caribbean (2008) - D.M. Manaker, E. Calais, A.M. Freed, S.T. Ali, P. Przybylski, G. Mattioli, P. Jansma, C. Prepetit, and J.B. de Chabalier (Click here)

>> Oblique collision in the northeastern Caribbean from GPS measurements and geological observations (2002) - Paul Mann, Eric Calais, Jean-Claude Ruegg, Charles DeMets, Pamela E. Jansma, and Glen S. Mattioli (Click here)

>> Actively evolving microplate formation by oblique collision and sideways motion along strike-slip faults: An example from the northeastern Caribbean plate margin (1995) - Paul Mann, F.W. Taylor, R. Lawrence Edwards, Teh-Lung Ku (Click here)