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Magnitude 7.0 - HAITI REGION
2010 January 12 21:53:09 UTC
A major earthquake occurred Tuesday in the boundary region separating the Caribbean plate and the North America plate. This plate boundary is dominated by left-lateral strike slip motion and compression, and accommodates about 20 mm/y slip, with the Caribbean plate moving eastward with respect to the North America plate. The epicenter was 15 km (10 miles) SW of PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti. (USGS)
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