Haiti considers Future Quakes While Rebuilding

Haiti considers Future Quakes While Rebuilding
Announcer: Peter Harris
Duration: 4:15

It seems that there is a new aspect that is concerning Haiti’s population more than the homeless people and the dead. More earth quakes are expected to occur sooner or later. This issue was addressed on the National Public Radio few days ago in depth, and the following is a summary of the news.

Both scientists and seismologists are studying what happened during the earth quake and the rupture in addition to how much slip there was at depth. According to Richard Harris “Rough estimates now show that six miles underground where the quake started, the fault slipped 15 feet. At the surface, the north of Haiti moved about three feet relative to the south. Calais will nail down those numbers once he measures the exact positions of more than 30 of these benchmarks around Haiti”.

The rapture was going to the west, hitting in less degree the east parts like Port-au-Prince. However, this will not last for a long time, since the earth quake changed a two percent of a magnitude seven quake on this length of the fault from January to February. Thus, the rapture might be directed to the densely populated parts of Port-au-Prince.

All of these changes are driving scientists and geologists to explore possible ways for future safety against coming earth quakes.

I believe that the new cast was interesting, because it did not come to my expectations that some parts in Haiti would be damaged more than other parts. Yet, it can be more interesting for engineers in terms of statistics than other people like me.

The quality of the sound was good, but the announcer’s voice was somehow low. One must follow up by reading the script. It was not only the announcers but people being interviewed like Mr. Calais and Mr. Claude.
I liked the natural sounds that were heard in the background. I heard stones being dragged and hammering. These sounds gave sense of belonging to the place. I felt as if I am with them in the place.