A network of “personal seismometers” is intended to complement Haiti’s national seismic network to engage and inform residents about earthquake hazards and preparation..

Nine years after the devastating magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, the first Raspberry Shake (RS) station installed in the country (R30E2) recorded its first local earthquake (See below). At the time the national seismic network, which consists of eight broadband Nanometrics seismometers with VSAT communication capabilities, was inoperative..

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Haiti is highly exposed to hydro-climatic hazards. However, no database exists for the scientific community to characterize these hazards. To fill this gap, hydro-climatic data were compiled to create the first historical database in Haiti. This database, called Simbi, will contribute to a better knowledge of Haitian catchment hydrology..

L'Île d'Haïti est située sur la frontière nord de la plaque caraïbe. Cette zone est marquée par la subduction de la limite sud de la plaque nord-américaine sous cette même plaque caraïbe. En effet, les données GPS recueillies dans le nord de la Caraïbe depuis plus de 40 ans montrent un mouvement relatif de 20 mm/an entre les deux plaques..