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NEW YORK — Haiti can expect more aftershocks in coming weeks, and while the usual pattern suggests they will become weaker and less frequent, another one as strong as Wednesday’s jolt is certainly possible, scientists say.
The battered nation has felt more than 45 significant aftershocks since the Jan. 12 quake. Wednesday’s event, originally estimated at magnitude 6.1 but revised to a 5.9, tied an earlier shock as the strongest so far.
These events are a sign the land is adjusting to “the new reality of the rock layers,” said geophysicist Bruce Pressgrave of the U.S. Geological Survey.
