Hypocentre

Hypocentre a.k.a.
Dr Ian G. Stimpson. Seismologist, geophysicist and structural geologist at Keele University, U.K.
You can contact me at hypocentre [at] gmail [dot] com.
All opinions are mine and do not necessarily represent those of my employer.
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Haiti Earthquake January 12, 2010 Recorded at Keele

Here is the seismogram of the M7 earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010 recorded at Keele University, UK.

This earthquake doesn’t appear to be that well recorded but the P and SS phases are identifiable.

The earthquake was a shallow left-lateral strike-slip earthquake along the Enriquillo-Plaintain Garden fault system, essentially a major component of the plate boundary [...]