This movement has produced two fault lines, called strike-slip ... The last major earthquake in this part of Haiti was 1860; in 1692, a major earthquake in Jamaica caused 2,000 deaths.

Weeks after a massive earthquake devastated parts of Haiti, aid has yet to reach some of the more remote areas, and the suffering — and death toll — is growing. Here in the U.S, the more than ...

5:59 p.m. -- The Senate unanimously passed legislation Thursday that will allow taxpayers to deduct cash donations to Haiti earthquake relief on their 2009 tax returns instead of having to wait to ...

The head of Cuba's Seismological Service, Enrique Diego Arango, issued a warning this Sunday emphasizing the critical need for continuous seismic ...

A mother recounts how her baby daughter died during the latest earthquake in Haiti, which killed over 2,000 people nationwide. The BBC's James Clayton reports from a village where locals say 22 ...

It is difficult to convey the extent of the destruction that a 7.0-magnitude earthquake released on the ... How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster. Yet one year later, when ...

These included Colombia, Haiti, Belize ... they identified 500 fault lines which could potentially lead to earthquakes in the future. In the previous 200 years, 37 states have experienced ...

A new analysis of earthquake rupture directivity provides essential insights for seismic hazard and risk assessments in urban areas, particularly concerning the Main Marmara Fault near Istanbul in ...