Question
I don't recall hearing what natural fault lines Haiti lies on if any.
Does anyone know?
The entire planet is riddled with fault lines but this was still very unexpected.
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Yeah, as far as a history of quakes related to these fault lines go I found this on wikipedia.
* A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck southeastern coast of Jamaica in 1692, almost destroying Port Royal
* An earthquake struck along the southern coast of Hispaniola in 1751.[Chen 1]
* A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Port-au-Prince in 1770.
* The 1907 Kingston earthquake damaged every building in Kingston, Jamaica.[1]
* A magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred near Port-au-Prince, Haiti as a result of seismic activity at this fault line on January 12, 2010.[2]
Other historical large earthquakes in 1860, 1761, 1684, 1673, and 1618 are also likely attributed to the EPGFZ, though none of these have been confirmed in the field as associated with this fault.[3]
Not to mention the aftershocks that seem to be occurring daily.