Haiti Earthquake

Question 1

Date and time

Answer 1

12th January 2010
4.53pm

Question 2

Magnitude

Answer 2

7.0 magnitude

Question 3

People killed and injured

Answer 3

230,000 killed
300,000 injured

Question 4

Focus

Answer 4

13km below surface - shallow

Question 5

Epicentre

Answer 5

16km SW of Port-Au-Prince

Question 6

Poverty in Haiti

Answer 6

72% of Haitians live on under $2 a day.
Poorest population in the Western hemisphere.

Question 7

Buildings destroyed and damaged

Answer 7

250,000 residencies and 30,000 commercial buildings severely damaged.
30% of buildings in Port-Au-Prince severely damaged.
Main jail severely damaged with nearly all of the 4,000 inmates surviving and escaping.
Airport severely damaged so supplies couldn’t be flown into Haiti in the immediate aftermath.

Question 8

People left homeless

Answer 8

1 million left homeless.
One year of the quake, 87 % of survivors were still living in camps - dozens of rapes every day - water-born diseases like cholera killing 3,500 people in the year after the disaster hit.

Question 9

Conditions in camps

Answer 9

One year after the quake hit, 87% of the survivors are still living in tented camps.
Dozens of rapes every day.
Water-born diseases like cholera killed 3,500 people in the first year after.
Still large volumes of rubble to be cleared - only 5% of rubble cleared in the year after the disaster.

Question 10

Short term responses

Answer 10

Nearly 70 humanitarian agencies have distributed emergency shelter materials to 1.5 million people.
More than 400,000 people received non-shelter relief supplies from the Red Cross.
Two field hospitals and four basic health-care units - over 100,000 patients have been treated.
21 emergency response units were mobilised.
US sent 10,000 troops to Haiti, with a hospital ship and helicopters - the troops helped with search and rescue.
Relief arrived from countries around the world including China, Russia and fellow Latin American nations.

Question 11

Long term responses

Answer 11

The UN launched an appeal for $562 million with funds intended to help three million people in the 6 months after the quake hit.
Haiti government took limited action to get Haitians out of tented camps. Less than 30,000 of those displaced found permanent homes.
One year after the quake hit, 87% of the survivors are still living in tented camps.
The quake created 20 million cubic metres of rubble with the Haiti government only clearing 5% of it in the year after the disaster.