Figure 14.27

Intensity rankings for the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Color is used in a continuous gradation to denote the intensity of ground shaking during the January 12, 2010, Haiti earthquake. Red areas experienced the greatest shaking. Port-au-Prince, which was close to the epicenter, experienced an intensity of VIII, “very strong to violent.” Many structures there collapsed on people (inset photo). The death toll for this event is estimated by the USGS to be 100,000.
(Left, U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Program; right, © Thony Belizaire/AFP/Getty Images)