Haiti is sandwiched north and south between two fault lines: the Septentrional Fault and the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden Fault. The epicenter of the Haitian earthquake of 12 January 2010 was 10 miles south of the capital Port Au Prince, directly on the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden Fault , at a depth of about 5.2 miles underground.
one reason is because it's not on a fault line.
"because of the plates they hit up against each other and made this earthquake. so it is a convergent earthquake " It Was Because Of the San Andreas fault, The pacific plate slid past the north American plate, the grinding caused the the earthquake, It Was a Transform boundary earthquake.
The odds of experiencing an earthquake, at least a tremor in San Fransisco on any given day are pretty good. The west coast of the US, especially California is one of the most geologically active areas of the country. Positioned in such close proximity to so many major and minor faults, earthquakes in most California cities are pretty common.According to the USGS, the probability of the San Francisco area experiencing at least one magnitude 6.7 or greater earthquake in the next 30 years is about 63%, distributed among these faults as follows:Hayward fault about 31%San Andreas fault about 21%San Gregorio fault about 10%Calveras fault about 7%Concord fault about 4%etc.See: http://www.earthquakesafety.com/earthquake-faults.html
About 30 million years ago when the pacific plate first hit the north American plate
Haiti is sandwiched north and south between two fault lines: the Septentrional Fault and the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden Fault. The epicenter of the Haitian earthquake of 12 January 2010 was 10 miles south of the capital Port Au Prince, directly on the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden Fault , at a depth of about 5.2 miles underground.
no Texas is not in the ring of fire because it is in the middle of the north American plate.
The 1964 earthquake in Alaska was caused by a megathrust fault associated with the subduction zone where the Pacific Plate is being pushed beneath the North American Plate. This type of fault is known as a megathrust or subduction zone fault.
The Haiti earthquake occurred at the boundary of the Caribbean tectonic plate and the North American tectonic plate. The specific fault line responsible for the earthquake was the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault zone.
The fault lines in North America include the San Andreas Fault in California, the New Madrid Fault in the central United States, and the Cascadia Subduction Zone in the Pacific Northwest. You can find a map of these fault lines and others on the website of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) or other geological research institutions.
The Caribbean plate and the North American plate!
one reason is because it's not on a fault line.
The Haiti earthquake in 2010 was caused by movement along the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault zone, which runs along the border of the North American and Caribbean tectonic plates. Specifically, the earthquake was the result of a slip along a blind thrust fault within this fault zone, rather than movement between distinct tectonic plates.
The Napier-Hastings fault. Its' a blind fault and only ruptured he surface along a 15km stretch of the fault.
The Tohoku earthquake on March 11, 2011 was associated with the megathrust fault that lies off the Pacific coast of Japan. This fault line is known as the Japan Trench, where the Pacific Plate subducts beneath the North American Plate. The earthquake resulted in widespread devastation and triggered a powerful tsunami.
The Loma Prieta earthquake was caused by the rupture of the San Andreas Fault system, resulting from the tectonic forces along the fault line. The movement of the Pacific Plate against the North American Plate caused stress to build up and eventually release in the form of an earthquake.
The 1964 Alaska earthquake occurred along a megathrust fault, specifically the boundary between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates. This subduction zone fault is known as the Aleutian Trench where the Pacific plate is being thrust beneath the North American plate.