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News Release 10-014
Scientists Return to Haiti to Assess Possibility of Another Major Quake
Geoscientists will collect crucial data for future hazard assessment
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In a pre-earthquake photo, a GPS receiver and antenna sit atop a roof in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Credit: Purdue University/Eric Calais
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Geophysicist Eric Calais holds a geodetic marker that tracks even very small Earth movements.
Credit: Purdue News Service file photo/David Umberger
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Louis Obenson of Haiti's Civil Protection Agency installs GPS equipment in Port-au-Prince.
Credit: Purdue University/Eric Calais
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In Haiti, areas in red are closer to rupture; grey circles show the locations of aftershocks.
Credit: Purdue University/Eric Calais
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The seismotectonic context of Earth's Caribbean tectonic plate is shown in this map.
Credit: Purdue University/Eric Calais
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This map shows the historical seismicity on the island of Hispaniola before 1960. Haiti and the Dominican Republic are the two countries located on Hispaniola.
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