Earthquake Engineers Release Report on Damage in Haiti

Monday, February 22, 2010 - 17:07 in Earth & Climate

A team of experts led by a UW civil engineer traveled to Haiti to evaluate the impact of the magnitude-7 earthquake. The report to the U.S. Geological Survey and the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute finds no surface evidence of the fault, but widespread damage related to poor building practices.

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