Haiti Earthquake

Question 0

What was the depth of the focus?

Answer 0

A shallow focus of only 5 miles, which led to much greater impacts.

Question 1

What was the magnitude, and how long did it last?

Answer 1

7.0 magnitude earthquake, which lasted for 1 minute.

Question 2

When did it happen?

Answer 2

12th January 2010

Question 3

What was the plate boundary?

Answer 3

Conservative: North American plate sliding past the Caribbean plate.

Question 4

GDP?

Answer 4

$1200

Question 5

Adult literacy rate

Answer 5

Only 53% of people of 15 can read and write

Question 6

Management?

Answer 6

Very poor.
Poor quality buildings lead to the pancake effect - large factor in death toll.
Little education about the event, could have saved lives.

Question 7

Immediate responses?

Answer 7

810,000 placed in aid camps.
4.3 million provided with food rations.
1 million tarpaulin shelters provided.
£330 million given in aid by Europe.
$100 million given in aid by USA.

Question 8

Long term responses?

Answer 8

1.6 million people in relief camps, with no electricity, running water.
6 months after earthquake, 98% of rubble remained uncleared.
Dominican Republic accepted refugees.

Question 9

Social impacts?

Answer 9

220,000 died.
105,000 houses destroyed.
4,000 schools damaged or destroyed.
5,899 people died from cholera
300,000+ injured

Question 10

Economic impacts?

Answer 10

1 in 5 people list there jobs due to businesses being destroyed.
90% of port au prince was reduced to rubble - needs to be rebuilt.

Question 11

Environmental impacts?

Answer 11

Contamination of water with sewage in refugee camps lead to the spread of cholera. 5899 died, 216,000 infected.
Very large quantities of unusable concrete that will be put in landfills.