Not on earthquakes, but contact Karen Holmes ([log in to unmask])  
whose research is on volcanos in central America.
Nan Rothschild
Quoting Marcy Rockman <[log in to unmask]>:

> Dear all,
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> I'm writing to ask for your assistance in locating information about  
>  earthquake knowledge and traditional preparedness in Haiti   
> specifically and the Caribbean in general.
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> Bit of background: I'm currently on a fellowship with the EPA   
> National Homeland Security Research Center in Washington, DC and so   
> am part of the disaster preparedness and response community (note:   
> by training, I'm a landscape archaeologist with background in both   
> Palaeolithic and historical-period colonization and related   
> development of environmental information; my role as a Fellow is to   
> build their social science program with emphasis on risk   
> communication and public perception of environmental hazards).   
> Discussion here is now growing about how to not just rebuild Haiti,   
> but encourage and enable redevelopment of earthquake-resilient   
> structures and communities.
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> I'm curious to know if there is any history of research and   
> literature on written or oral history about earthquakes in Haiti   
> and/or traditional practices that may have assisted with survival or  
>  accommodation of previous (even if lower magnitude) earthquakes in   
> the past. While recent development in the Port-au-Prince area   
> clearly was not designed with earthquakes in mind and links to   
> previous practices may be broken, identification and recognition of   
> previous earthquake heritage may make the sustainable reconstruction  
>  efforts more effective.
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> I currently have very little background in Caribbean archaeology and  
>  ethnography and time is short, so will be grateful for any   
> suggestions. Please feel free to reply off-list.
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> with many thanks,
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> Marcy Rockman
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> ________________________
> Marcy Rockman, Ph.D., RPA
> AAAS Fellow
> EPA National Homeland Security Research Center
> 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
> Washington, DC 20460
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Nan A. Rothschild

Director of Museum Studies
Columbia University
212 854-4977

Research Professor
Barnard College
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