EARTHQUAKE : Haiti Flashcards
1
Q
Date?
A
January 2010
2
Q
Details?
A
- epicentre 25km west of Port-au-Prince (capital)
- 13 km deep
- 50 aftershocks
3
Q
Magnitude?
A
7.0 MMS
4
Q
Intensity?
A
X on the Mercalli scale
5
Q
Hazard cause?
A
- North American and Caribbean plates
- two fault zones:
– Septentrional Zone
– Enriquillo-Plantain Garden
6
Q
Primary hazards?
A
- ground shaking
- ground rupture
7
Q
Secondary hazards?
A
- localised tsunami
- soil liquefaction
- landslides
- building collapse
8
Q
Primary impacts?
A
- 250,000 residences damaged
- 30,000 commercial properties destroyed
- prison destroyed
- hospital and infrastructure damage
- water supplies collapsed
9
Q
Secondary hazards?
A
- 160,000 dead
- 300,000 injured
- 2.3 million homeless
- debris on roads
- looting and violence
10
Q
Economic impacts?
A
- all Port-au-Prince hospitals destroyed
- $8 billion cost
11
Q
Social impacts?
A
- 1,300 schools damaged
- 8,000 dead from cholera
- 4,000 inmates escaped
- harbour and airport control towers damaged so travel was impossible
12
Q
Environmental impacts?
A
- landslides
- debris
13
Q
Political impacts?
A
municipal and senatorial elections were postponed
14
Q
Short-term responses?
A
- there was little heavy lifting equipment so people remained trapped
- US deployed 3500 soldiers
- UK sent search and rescue dog teams
- mass graves
- 1.5 million in displacement camps
15
Q
Long-term management?
A
- new building codes
- some debt written off
- agencies asking for sustainable recovery
- 2014:
– 170,000 still in displacement camps
– 23% of children not in school
– 70% lacked electricity
– 600,000 food insecure
