Resources: Why was the destruction so severe?

Fault Lines

• “Aftershock Mapping” Earthquake.usgs.gov.
• Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
• Griggs, Brandon. “Experts warned of Haiti earthquake risk” Cnn.com. 14 January 2010.
• Mason, Betsy. “Haiti Aftershocks Will Continue for Months, Maybe Years” Wired.com. 22 January 2010.
• “The Mw 7.0 Haiti Earthquake of January 12, 2010: USGS/EERI Advance Reconnaissance Team, Team Report, V.1.0.” (PDF) EERI and USGS 18 February 2010.

Building Codes

• Fierro, Eduardo and Cynthia Perry. “PEER Preliminary Reconnaissance Report by Eduardo Fierro” Haiti Earthquake Clearinghouse. 23 February 2010.
• “The Mw 7.0 Haiti Earthquake of January 12, 2010: USGS/EERI Advance Reconnaissance Team, Team Report, V.1.0.” (PDF) EERI and USGS 18 February 2010.
• Ravilious, Kate. “Why the Haiti quake killed so many” Newscientist.com. 19 January 2010.
• Watkins, Tom. “Problems with Haiti building standards outlined” Edition.cnn.com. 14 January 2010.

Construction Materials

• Baldridge, Steven. “Haiti’s Poor Construction Materials” Ireport.cnn.com. 7 February 2010.
• Bruemmer, Rene. “Putting Haiti back together” Montrealgazette.com. 22 May 2010.
• “The Mw 7.0 Haiti Earthquake of January 12, 2010: USGS/EERI Advance Reconnaissance Team, Team Report, V.1.0.” (PDF) EERI and USGS 18 February 2010.
• Munro, Margaret. “Canadian engineers offer to help ‘properly’ rebuild Haiti” Montrealgazette.com. 24 February 2010.
• Ravilious, Kate. “Why the Haiti quake killed so many” Newscientist.com. 19 January 2010.

Population Density & Urbanization

• “Haiti Earthquake PDNA: Assessment of damage, losses, general and sectoral needs” (PDF). Prepared by the Government of the Republic of Haiti with members of the International Community. March 2010.
• “Haiti: Population Health Assessment prior to the 2010 Earthquake” (PDF) Pan American Health Organization. 21 January 2010.
• Rodgers, Lucy. “Why did so many people die in Haiti’s quake?” News.bbc.co.uk. 14 February 2010.