Scientists: Haiti, DR, brace for future big quakes (AP)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti ? A U.S. scientist says Haiti and the Dominican Republic could be in for a period of periodic powerful earthquakes following the 2010 magnitude-7 quake that hit Haiti.

William Bakun of the U.S. Geological Survey says a study that he co-wrote looks at the history of earthquakes on the island of Hispaniola, which is shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

He says four earthquakes of magnitude 6.6 and higher rocked the island from 1701 to 1770, and Hispaniola could be entering a similar period.

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