Haiti: Even a Superpower Can’t Move Mountains

2010 January 19

by Charlie Martin

On January 12 at 4:53 p.m., just before sunset, there was a magnitude 7.0 earthquake near Port-au-Prince in Haiti. This was followed quickly by a magnitude 5.9 aftershock at 5:00pm and a magnitude 5.8 aftershock just after midnight.

Major shocks (data from WolframAlpha):

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