Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault
The earthquake in Haiti happened on the Enriquillo fault. On the western end of the fault line sits Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. It crosses over Jamaica's capitol city of Kingston. On the eastern side is the island of Hispaniola, which is comprised of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. To the north of the Enriquillo fault is the Septenrional fault, which crosses over Cuba's southern tip and wraps over Hispaniola crossing through the Dominican Republic's Santo Domingo.http://abcnews.go.com/International/HaitiEarthquake/haiti-earthquake-geology-deadly-quake/story?id=9571101&page=2http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122531261 The Enriquillo fault is a crack between the North American Plate and the Caribbean Plate. Before the 2010 earthquake and subsequent aftershocks in Haiti, the last time it gave way to pressure was in 1907 in Jamaica.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/opinion/15winchester.html
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Volcano
Large eruptions can be extremely dangerous for those living near a volcano. Searing lava, which can reach temperatures of 2000 degrees Fahrenheit (or 1250 degrees Celsius), is released and burns everything in its path during an eruption. Boulders of hardening lava rain down from the sky, as ash and toxic gases can cause lung damage and other problems with living creatures in the surrounding area.http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/volcano-profile/
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Candlestick Park
In 1989, Candlestick became entrenched in the memories of Giants and A's fans everywhere. On October 17th at 5:04 California time, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook the whole of the Bay Area. Collapsing freeways and causing structural damages throughout the entire area. The double-decker Bay Bridge had the side of one section fall completely down onto the section below, making it impossible to crosshttp://earthquakes.suite101.com/article.cfm/1989_san_francisco_earthquake.
When the quake hit there were thousands of people in the stands at Candlestick park for a baseball game. However this was no ordinary baseball game, it was game 3 of the World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics. Players were warming up on the field and coaches were being interviewed. ABC was in the middle of broadcasting highlights of previous games when the quake hit, and the transmission was interrupted immediately. Players on the field described seeing the stands rolling like a giant wave, and the lighting fixtures rocked back and forth 15-20 feet for several minutes. Nobody at the park was hurt, and because the game had yet to start and only half the crowd had actually entered the park, there was very little strain on the structure and damage was minimal. For the first time in baseball history a World Series game had to be postponed due to a natural disasterhttp://espn.go.com/sportsnation/post/_/id/4533997/world-series-earthquake-memories.
