Purdue researchers studied Haitian fault; warned of potential for a large earthquake

The potential for large earthquakes in Haiti and the Dominican Republic was forecast by a model of the northeastern Caribbean created by a team of experts.
Eric Calais, a professor of geophysics at Purdue University, led the research team that is the only group utilizing advanced measurement equipment along the Enriquillo and Septentrional faults in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2010/100115CalaisFreedHaiti.html

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[PierreLherisson]

I respect the opinion of geophysicist Eric Calais regarding the probable cause of the January 12th 2010 earthquake in Haiti that result in the death of over a quarter of million death there. I am taking this report with a grain of salt.

His report is a post mortem of a murky unmapped fault that some scientist claimed was responsible for the January 12th 2010 earthquake in Haiti

This panoply of scientific gadget and data sound impressive to the general un-wary public, but fail to predict desaster