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It s what we call the ground moving sideways. one side of the fault is close to the other, and it s the same thing we worry about with los angeles, san francisco, even seattle has same kind of faults. the shallow faults are close to the surface, and because they re close, they shake the ground more, and they can get very strong shaking that lasts 10-20 second. it s hard to build for that, and we know for experience haiti s buildings don t perform well under that test. eric: this was a 7.2, 6 miles deep, aftershocks 5.2. describe what that means. well, it not only is the main shock of this earthquake wreaking a lot of destruction, but people in the area are going to be rattled by aftershocks for certainly days, probably weeks and months. and there s always a chance, a 1 out of 20 chance of a earthquake as big or bigger in the next couple weeks. the small chances but things ....