And So the Journey Begins

The first stop in my tour around the world is the beautiful Dominican Republic. The DR is located in the Carribean, which means it is an island. The DR just so happens to be on the exact same island as Haiti, which we all know was struck by a horrific earthquake.
My parents told me from a young age that it was good to travel as many places as you can in the world. So this summer I decided to go explore the world while away from college. I specifically chose to go to places with earthquakes because that is one of the things I am studying.
The first place I went when I got to the DR was the city of Puerto Plata. From there the locals insisted I go to the beautiful beach Cerca Malecon. I then did some research to try and figure out what kind of Fault line the DR was on. I learned that it is a transform fault line. The nearest fault line to where I was at approximately 19 degrees north, 70 degrees west. The reason there are earthquake's here is because it is because magma is pushing up and slipping and sliding on two huge fault lines. The earthquake on Haiti was a catastrophe waiting to happen in a sense.
Well I hope you enjoyed my first post, hopefully I'll write again soon.