Haiti Carribean Flashcards
The quake happened on the __th _______ ____.
12th January 2010
Haiti occupies the _______ third of the island of __________ in the Carribean South East of the USA and East of Cuba. It’s capital city is Port-au-prince.
Western Hispaniola
There was a lack of _________.
Education.
Estimates as high as ___,___ died.
136,000
_________ injured.
Thousands
People are at more risk from earthquakes now than ever before because of increased ____________.
Urbanisation
___,___ buildings were collapsed or severely damaged.
280,000
____ __ ______ lies in ruins.
Port au prince
Earthquake had been _________ however the exact date was not known.
Expected
_._million people homeless.
1.5
______ towns are being formed outside Port au Prince, by the homeless who are trying to find shelter.
Shanty
Smell of ____ ______.
Dead bodies
The _____ _________ and _________ plates moved along a ______ ____ fault.
North American and Carribean strike slip fault.
Epicentre was __ miles from port au prince.
15
Focus was __km down.
13
Energy was released from the _____ in every direction.
Focus
Most intense shaking occluded around the port where the ground suffered from ____________.
Liquefaction.
Lateral spreading and liquefaction in the port meant that some ground dropped by - feet.
3-4
This meant that ________ can no longer use the port making deliveries of aid difficult.
Shipping
_____ slumped over in port and shipping containers shave fallen into the _____ polluting it.
Crane ocean
_____ sand covers the black tarmac from the port which was released by liquefaction.
White
Houses built on ____ rock near the fault line survived but those built on ____ sediment by the river were destroyed or damaged.
Hard soft.
Took place at _:__ pm.
4:53
Magnitude _ on the Richter scale.
7
___ times smaller than the largest earthquake ever recorded but the effects were some of the worst.
300
Rescue and aftermath was very poor - this was made worse as the ports were destroyed. Only ___________ could land to deliver aid.
Helicopters
__ of buildings in port au prince collapsed.
1/3
Cathedral lost its roof and and the _______ effect meant that floors fell on top of ectothermic trapping people inside buildings.
Pancake
Lack of robust _____ rods and poor building ___________ meant that the buildings collapsed
Steel regulations
Vast section of _____ ____ was budged upwards.
Coral reef
_______ subsided into the ocean.
Farmland
