Powerful earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria, causing thousands of deaths in Turkey’s worst seismic event in decades. WSJ explains why the meeting of three tectonic plates under the region mean there may be more earthquakes along the fault lines. News Explainers Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the … [Read more...]
2010 Haiti Earthquake—10 Years Later (January 2020)
EDUCATORS: Download animation and related resources from: https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/animation/650 HAITI EARTHQAKE—On the tenth anniversary of the January 12, 2010 magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Haiti, it is important to reflect on the plate tectonic context and human impact of that event. This animation discusses the tectonic setting and microplates around the Greater … [Read more...]