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Measuring earthquakes

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The Haiti earthquake: 10 years on

All GCSE geography courses require a study of tectonic hazards including earthquakes. This article looks at the difficulties facing Haiti —a low-income country that was badly damaged by an earthquake in 2010 — and considers both immediate and long-term responses.

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Few countries have suffered an earthquake so devastating as the Caribbean island nation of Haiti. More than 220,000 people were killed, 300,000 injured, and 1.5 million left homeless when the deadly earthquake, measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale, struck on 12 January 2010.

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Measuring earthquakes