Science Behind Haiti’s Earthquake & History of Hardship

Al Jazeera’s meteorologist, Steff Gaulter, explains what made the Caribbean nation of Haiti so susceptible to such a devastating earthquake. She says the problems are all due to where the Caribbean tectonic plate is situated. Segment 1 (2 min)

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5 Comments

  1. #1 ann
    on Jan 17th, 2010 at 8:50 pm

    thanks for posting these david…i did not really know much about haiti’s history….the situation there is heartbreaking…

  2. #2 shapeshift
    on Jan 19th, 2010 at 7:13 am

    Yes, sad and scary. It does have a spooky end of the world quality to it.

  3. #3 Caramoan
    on Jan 22nd, 2010 at 1:25 am

    I pray for those people who have been injured in Haiti. the earthquake in Haiti is one of the word disasters this year. I just hope that they would be able to recover soon.

  4. #4 shapeshift
    on Jan 22nd, 2010 at 9:57 am

    Ye, we are all pulling for Haiti’s recovery….

  5. #5 ElMyers Peres
    on Mar 5th, 2010 at 4:43 pm

    The Haitian people has my condoloences. The recent earthquake was a tragedy.

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