2021 Haiti earthquake

Question 1

what was damaged

Answer 1

Communication systems, air, land, and sea transport facilities, hospitals, and electrical networks

Question 1

what income country

Answer 1

LIC

Question 2

what magnitude

Answer 2

7.2 magnitude earthquake

Question 3

where was the focus and epicentre

Answer 3

only 10 km deep, and the epicentre was 125 km from the capital Port-au-Prince.

Question 4

what plate boundry

Answer 4

conservative- The North American Plate lies to the north and the Caribbean Plate to the south.

Question 5

how many died and injured

Answer 5

more than 2,000 and at least 12,000 injured

Question 6

secondary hazard

Answer 6

Heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Grace turned the landslides into mud and led to widespread flooding.

Question 7

how high was the tsunami and where

Answer 7

3m high recorded around capital Port-au-Prince

Question 8

responses

Answer 8

-The United Nations and charities, such as the Red Cross and CAFOD, sent aid

Question 9

what made aid harder to give

Answer 9

delivery of essential supplies was hampered by heavy rains from Tropical Storm Grace.

Question 10

cost of damages

Answer 10

round US$1.6 billion.

Question 11

debt in haiti

Answer 11

-At the end of 2021, Haiti’s public debt totalled $5 billion
-external debt for 2020 was $2.3 mill

Question 12

fact about Haiti’s poverty

Answer 12

-poorest country in the western hemisphere