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Is Haiti near or far from US?
Haiti is relatively close to the United States, located to the southeast of Florida. It is approximately 700 miles (1126 kilometers) from the coast of Florida.
What country is close to Haiti?
The Dominican Republic is the country closest to Haiti. They share the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea.
What is Haiti's proper name?
The official name of Haiti is the Republic of Haiti.
What country is located west of Haiti?
Jamaica is locaated to the west of haiti and Cuba is to the north west of haiti
What direction is Haiti from Cuba?
Haiti is east of Cuba.
What is the point on the surface right above where the earthquake started?
The general name is 'the epicentre'. In Haiti it was the town of Leogane.
What are the fault lines around Haiti?
The only fault line that I know of is one called the Enriquillo-Plaintain Garden fault which runs through Haiti and is very close to the capital of Port-au-Prince. This is where the epicentre of the 2010 earthquake was situated, on this fault line.
Where in hati did the earthquake hit?
The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicentre near the town of Léogâne, approximately 25 km (16 miles) west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. Full article here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Haiti_earthquake
How close is Haiti to California?
Pretty close, 3,099 miles from California to Haiti.
Exact location of current Haiti earthquake?
The epicentre of an earthquake this the point in the earth where the earth moved (fractured) to cause the shaking of the ground. The 2010 Haiti earthquakes epicentre was located 15 miles WSW of Port-Au-Prince and was at a depth of 8.1 miles. it was a 7.0 magnitude earthquake.
Why there was no tsunami after Haiti's earthquake?
Haiti's earthquake was not strong enough to produce a tsunami. The earthquake caused a lot of destruction in Haiti, but that was largely because the buildings in Haiti had not been designed to withstand earthquakes. The earthquake in Haiti had its epicentre on LAND not in the ocean. Thus there was no sea floor movement associated with the earthquake which could have produced a tsunami.
Is Chile close to Haiti?
no.
Is haiti a country or a town?
It is a country.
Is Haiti a town or city?
Neither - Haiti is an independent republic, in the Caribbean.
What caused the earthquake in hati?
The earthquake hit Haiti on the 12th of January, Tuesday, 2010( 4:53 PM local time). It was a walloping 7.0 MW earthquake with an epicentre near the town of Leogane approximately 25 km (16 miles) west of port Au prince the capital of Haiti. Hope i answered the question :)
Is Haiti east of Jamaica?
No Haiti is not in Jamacia.
Where do most people live in santo domingo?
Loiza, PR. A town close to the Atlantic Ocean that borders with Carolina and Rio Grandre. Predominately was a slave town back in the 1500's and it remains to this day as a African decent town.
