A map of the Haiti earthquake and aftershock epicenters

[GliderGuider]

There have been 47 aftershocks so far, most between magnitude 4.5 and 5. Here's how they have clustered along the strike-slip fault that runs almost east-west just south of Port-au-Prince. The initial quake is the large red dot. It was fairly close to Port-au-Prince, in contrast to most of the aftershocks that were further away. This might help explain whey there has been little reporting of the aftershocks or resulting damage.



I built the map up from data from the USGS and the Google Earth image of the region.

[shireen]

1. nice work. thanks! nt