Earthquake - Haiti Flashcards
1
Q
Date
A
January 12 2010
2
Q
Magnitude
A
7.0 on the Richter scale
3
Q
Epicenter location
A
25km west of capital city Port au Prince
4
Q
Depth
A
13 km (shallow)
5
Q
Fatalities
A
230,000 deaths
6
Q
Injuries
A
300,000
7
Q
Displacement
A
1.5 million long term displacement
8
Q
Buildings destroyed
A
Over 250,000 homes and 30,000 commercial buildings collapsed
9
Q
Economic loss
A
Estimated damage of $14 billion (120% of Haitis GDP)
10
Q
Plate tectonics
A
Occurred along the enriquillo plantain garden fault (a transform fault between the North American plate and the Caribbean plate)
11
Q
Plate boundary
A
Conservative
12
Q
International aid
A
$13 billion
13
Q
Cholera outbreak
A
Outbreak killed 10,000 people
