Haiti, a multi hazard environment.

Question 1

What was the date of the Hati earthquake?

Answer 1

12th January 2010

Question 2

What fault line ruptured in 2010?

Answer 2

Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault (EPG).

Question 3

What plates meet at the EPG?

Answer 3

Conservative plate margine beween North American and Caribbean plate.

Question 4

How far away was Port-au-Prince from the epicenter of the 2010 earthquake?

Answer 4

25km

Question 5

What was the magnitude of the earthquake?

Answer 5

7.0

Question 6

What did the earthquake record on the Macalli Scale?

Answer 6

10+

Question 7

how many people died in the 2010 earthquake?

Answer 7

222,570

Question 8

How many commercial buildings were destroyed in the earthquake?

Answer 8

30,000

Question 9

How many were displaced by the 2010 earthquake?

Answer 9

2 million.

Question 10

How many did the cholera deaths were there in 2010?

Answer 10

900,000

Question 11

What was the name of the river where the 2010 cholera outbreak started?

Answer 11

Artibonite River.

Question 12

How many schools were destroyed as a result of the earthquake?

Answer 12

1,300

Question 13

By 2014 how many people were still displaced as a result of the 2010 earthquake?

Answer 13

170,000

Question 14

What was it estimated the cost of the earthquake would exceed?

Answer 14

$8 million.

Question 15

How many amberlances were active in Port-au-Prince in the first 24 hours after the earthquake?

Answer 15

1

Question 16

How many troops did the USA send to help after the earthquake?

Answer 16

3,200

Question 17

How many NGO’s were present in Haiti post-2010?

Answer 17

1,000

Question 18

How much of the NGO’s aid reached the people?

Answer 18

1/4

Question 19

How much did an average bottle of water cost after the earthquake?

Answer 19

50 cent

Question 20

Give the name of one of the camps displaced people went to after the earthquake?

Answer 20

Camp Akra

Question 21

What was the actual cost of the earthquake?

Answer 21

$11 million.

Question 22

In 2008 how many storm hazards hit Haiti?

Answer 22

Three over a three week period.

Question 23

What were the names of the storms that hit Haiti in 2008?

Answer 23

Hurricane Gustav, Hannah and Ike.

Question 24

How many deaths were there due to the 2008 storms?

Answer 24

793

Question 25

How many homes were destroyed in 2008 storms?

Answer 25

25,000

Question 26

How much of the nations agricultural produce was destroyed in the 2008 storms?

Answer 26

70%

Question 27

What was the total cost of the 2008 storms?

Answer 27

$5 million.

Question 28

What did other nations do, in response to the earthquake, to relieve pressure on Haiti’s economy?

Answer 28

canceled debt until 2016. However, after 2016 it dept had increased to $33 million.