By Marc O. Eberhard, Steven Baldridge, Justin Marshall, Walter Mooney, and Glenn J. Rix.
February 2010, USGS, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.
The USGS/EERI advance reconnaissance team traveled to Haiti in late January 2010. The five-member team with expertise in seismology and earthquake engineering revealed a number of factors that led to catastrophic losses of life and property during the January 12, 2010, Mw 7.0 earthquake. The field study was conducted from January 26 to February 3, 2010, and included investigations in Port-au-Prince and the heavily damaged communities to the west, including Léogâne, Grand Goâve, Petite Goâve, and Oliver.
Read the Report: The Mw 7.0 Haiti earthquake of January 12, 2010: USGS/EERI Advance Reconnaissance Team Report (8.5 MB PDF)
