Haiti Earthquake 📖

Question 1

Key facts

Answer 1

12 January 2010 16:53, Magnitude seven, 316,000 people died, 250,000 homes destroyed, conservative plate boundary, capital Port au Prince 25km away from it.

Question 2

Where did it happen

Answer 2

The earthquake took place South from the North American plate and took place on the Caribbean plate, it was a conservative plate boundary.

Question 3

Primary effects (occurred as a direct result of the earthquake)

Answer 3

300,000 people injured, 230,000 dead, hospitals destroyed, electricity supplies damaged, no telephone system no internet of mobile phone system, key government buildings destroyed.

Question 4

Secondary effects (occur as a result of primary effects)

Answer 4

Cholera outbreak due to poor sanitation, 250,000 dwellings destroyed or badly damaged, the heat decayed corpses leading to disease, international airport unstable, people sleeping on streets feared aftershock on damaged buildings, major confusion, mass graves dug, main prison destroyed 4,000 inmates escaped, roads blocked, 3,000 temporary tent schools set up, relied on international aid.

Question 5

Why did so many people die

Answer 5

So many people died as they did not have enough resources to keep them alive, there was also was a huge outbreak of cholera due to poor sanitation which killed 8,000 people alone and there was not enough hospitals therefore people died due to their injuries.

Question 6

Immediate

Answer 6

• Lack of immediate aid
• Charities came to rescue those trapped
• Mass graves
• Aid distribution to angry appeals

Question 7

Long Term

Answer 7

• Some refugees move to the Dominican Republic
• 100 million in aid given by USA
• 330 million by the EU
• 4.3 million people provided with food rations
• Water sanitation to 1.7 mil