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A brief text on Haiti earthquake - Causes (plate boundaries), Intensity, Infrastructure etc.

The 7.0-magnitude Haiti earthquake would be a strong, potentially destructive earthquake anywhere, but it is an unusually strong event for Haiti, with even more potential destructive impact because of the weak infrastructure of the impoverished nation. Sliding plates: Earthquakes typically occur along the jigsaw-puzzle pieces of Earth's crust, called plates, which move relative to one another, most of the time at an imperceptibly slow pace. In the case of the Haiti quake, the Caribbean and North American plates Intensity and infrastructure: Another factor in the damage that a quake can cause is it intensity. While magnitude is a measurement of how much energy is released by an earthquake, intensity is "simply an estimate or a measure of how strongly that earthquake was felt," said Don Blakeman, an earthquake analyst with the United States Geological Survey.

Details of an earthquake model developed by the USGS to help with understanding earthquakes and actually show why earthquakes are so hard to predict.

A good article on the human response and how Port o Prince needs to be rebuild following a strict seismic code which includes land use zoning and earthquake proof buildings.

Good discussion developing the idea that increased impacts from earthquakes are the result of more people living in large poorly constructed cities in Earthquakes zones.

Good graphics looking at Haiti and Chile earthquakes and considering vulnerability through comparison of Richter scale with Mercalli scale. Focuses on numbers of peole affected (population density) and building standards.

The tectonic behind the Haiti earthquake explained in clear and simple terms.

The history of earthquakes.

The impact of Chile earthquake.

Guardian photographer and filmmaker David Levene spent a week in Port-au-Prince documenting the human cost of the recent earthquake"

Earthquake prediction in California, a brief discussion of progress made so far.

BBC News coverage on Chilean Earthquake of magnitude 8.8

CNN News coverage site: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/27/chile.quake/index.html?hpt=T1

This explain the detailed information about Chile Earthquake, such as a magnitude, process and human response.

Site focused on earthquake forecasting, hazard analysis and diaster planning

A collection of links with descriptions, about the Haiti earthquake.

Video and a chronological history of Haiti as a multi-hazard environment.

Great for Chile EQ overview

A good comparison to Chinese and Italian earthquake's tolls

The humananitarian reponses for Chile.

Haiti aid overview one month on from the quake.

As Mr Keys so kindly pointed out - "didn't predict that one did you". But of course, because we know what we know, it would have been impossible. Educating historians is such as challenge.