Haiti Flashcards
1
Q
Location
A
Carribbean, West of Dominican Republic, South of Cuba
2
Q
Date
A
January 12th 2010
3
Q
Magintude
A
7.0
4
Q
Cause
A
Plates sliding past each other, North American and Caribbean plate-Conservative
5
Q
Social impacts
A
- 220,00 died
- 300,000 injured
- 1.3million homeless
- Several hospitals collapsed making it hard to treat the injured
6
Q
Economic Impacts
A
- 105,000 homes destroyed
- $2.3billion in damages
- Airports and ports destroyed so they couldn’t import supplies
7
Q
Environmental Impacts
A
- 50 percent of buildings fell resulting in building waste affecting environment causing pollution
- Sea levels changed
8
Q
Short term responses
A
- Bodies were buried in mass graves as morgues were overwhelmed
- $32 million in humanitarian aid provided by the United States to support people affected by the earthquake
- Dominican Republic provided emergency water and medical supplies
9
Q
Long term responses
A
- EU gave $330million
- World banked waved countries debt for 5 years
- Senegalese offered land
