A 2007 earthquake hazard study , noted that the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault zone could be at the end of its seismic cycle and concluded that a worst-case forecast would involve a 7.2 Mw earthquake , similar in size to the 1692 Jamaica earthquake . A study team presented a hazard assessment of the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault system to the 18th Caribbean Geologic Conference in March 2008 , noting the large strain . The team recommended " high priority " historical geologic rupture studies , as the fault was fully locked and had recorded few earthquakes in the preceding 40 years . An article published in Haiti 's '' Le Matin '' newspaper in September 2008 cited comments by geologist Patrick Charles to the effect that there was a high risk of major seismic activity in Port-au-Prince ; and duly the magnitude 7.0 2010 Haiti earthquake happened on this fault zone on 12 January 2010
2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
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