Haiti Earthquake 2010

Question 1

Magnitude?

Answer 1

7.0 (2nd highest, only slightly lower than Turkey)

Question 2

Focus?

Answer 2

13km very shallow (Not as shallow as 5km in New Zealand)

Question 3

Epicentre?

Answer 3

24km from capital city

Question 4

Boundary?

Answer 4

Conservative

Question 5

Social Impacts

Answer 5

200,000+ deaths (Highest toll)

300,000 injured (highest)

1.3 million homeless

Significant infrastructure damage + breakdown of social order due to many gov officials losing life in earthquake

Question 6

Economic Impacts

Answer 6

$14 billion damages (Around double it’s actual GDP)

Question 7

Vulnerability?

Answer 7

Extremely high inequality of housing, healthcare, education e.g. slums (Port-au-Prince), only half can read/write + poor care

Poor governance (corrupt) - countries unwilling to give aid

Dense pop + high urbanised slums

Question 8

Resilience?

Answer 8

$1k GDP (Extremely low) -Must rely on aid causes issues

Question 9

Link to mitigation and adaptation

Answer 9

Aid- EU gave £3 billion, UK donated £100 million
-However, may have been embezzled

No hazard resistant buildings e.g. Port au Prince slum

Used crisis mapping led by locals so knew where to distribute aid