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2 February 2010
Plans for a briefing on Capitol Hill
The model slip rate deficit, together with the dates of the large historical earthquakes, indicates the potential for a large (MW 7.5 or greater) earthquake on the Septentrional fault in the Dominican Republic. Similarly, the Enriquillo fault in Haiti is currently capable of a MW 7.2 earthquake if the entire elastic strain accumulated since the last major earthquake was released in a single event today. From Manaker, D., Calais, E., …
GeoSpace is a blog on Earth and space science, managed by AGU’s Public Information staff. The blog features posts by AGU writers and guest contributors on all sorts of relevant science topics, but with a focus on new research and geo and space sciences-related stories that are currently in the news.