Washington: Another earthquake is
threatening to hit Haiti with as much, if not more force than the massive temblor that levelled Port-au-Prince,
seismologists said, urging the country to rebuild with strict norms.
Aftershocks have already rattled the impoverished
Caribbean nation in the days following the January 12 quake that killed over 110,000 people, left nearly 610,000 homeless and injured scores more.
On Wednesday, a magnitude 5.9 temblor struck a people already scrambling to rebuild their tattered lives.
But more are likely on their way. The US Geological Survey (USGS) estimated on Thursday that there was a 25 percent probability that one or several magnitude 6 aftershocks could strike in the coming weeks, although they will space out more and more over time.
If the devastating magnitude 7 quake that hit nearly two weeks ago freed much of the tension accumulated on one portion of the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault zone, another segment east of the epicentre and adjacent to Haiti`s capital
Port-au-Prince has barely moved, according to the USGS.
Yet part of this fault zone accumulated more strain
due to the sliding of North American and Caribbean tectonic plates that could unleash all that strength at any moment without warning.
Bureau Report
