BOISE, Id – Major earthquakes like the one that struck Japan this year can cause a lot of damage. Where that earthquake happens is key. Take for example Haiti. Last year, the magnitude seven quake killed 300-thousand people and a million people lost their homes. Geophysicist Wayne Pennington has been comparing the earthquakes in Haiti and Japan in his work as a Jefferson Science Fellow with the U-S Agency for International Development. He speaks tonight at Boise State about the earthquake risk in Haiti and how it compares to Japan. I asked him why so many more people died in Haiti.
Geophysicist Wayne Pennington is the President-elect of the American Geological Institute. He speaks tonight at 6 at the Special Events Center at Boise State University.
