CASE STUDY: HAITI EARTHQUAKE (LIC)

Question 1

(Haiti) Basic Profile of the earthquake (time, place, etc)

Answer 1

-12th January 2010
-7.0 Magnitude, 13km deep.
-Transform plate boundary between Caribbean and North American plates.
-Focus of EQ only 25km from Port Au Prince (Capital of Haiti)

Question 2

(Haiti) Impacts PLC

Answer 2

-92,000 - 220,000 dead (unknown)
-220-300k injured
-250k homes destroyed or damaged
-30k commercial buildings damaged
-Hundreds of thousands left homeless

Question 3

(Haiti) Information about management (pre and post)

Answer 3

Essentially no post earthquake management.
Hundreds of International Organisations helped
$1.2bn in aid

280k still in camps after 3 YEARS
Widespread Cholera for 3 YEARS
Only 5% of rubble cleared after 1 YEAR
Poor Quality Buildings collapsed easily

Question 4

(Haiti) When did the Haiti Earthquake happen?

Answer 4

12th of January, 2010

Question 5

(Haiti) How powerful was the earthquake?

Answer 5

Magnitude of 7.0, Depth of 13km.

Question 6

(Haiti) What was Haiti like after 3 years?

Answer 6

280k still in camps, widespread cholera for 3 years.

Question 7

(Haiti) How many people were left injured or dead?

Answer 7

92,000 - 220,000 dead (number is unknown)
220,000 - 300,000 Injured

Question 8

(Haiti) What was building damage like?

Answer 8

Poor quality buildings lead to:
250k HOMES destroyed or damaged
30k BUILDINGS destroyed or damaged
Only 5% of rubble was cleared after a year

Question 9

(Haiti) What were some secondary effects?

Answer 9

Damage to roads and transport like airports meant NGOs struggled to provide help, leaving 280k still in camps after 3 years
Damage to commercial buildings lead to a lack of supplies and rubble had minimal cleaning after 1 year
Dead bodies contaminated water supply leading to cholera.