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USGS Rapid Response to Haiti

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This young girl stands in front of a massive crack in the road on highway Nationale 2 near Petit Gaove, Haiti. The highway collapse was caused by lateral spreading of the underlying soil during the magnitude-7 earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010.

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