Tectonics and poor construction conspired to create devastation in Haiti
Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 03:21
in Earth & Climate
The earthquake was a massive, shallow eruption beneath a heavily populated area that lacked stringent building standards, resulting in catastrophe. The catastrophic quake that struck Haiti on Tuesday involved a collision of lethal circumstances: a massive, shallow eruption below a densely populated city with few, if any, building codes.