Haiti - earthquake Flashcards
1
Q
Where?
A
- Port-Au-prince
2
Q
When?
A
- 12th January 2010
3
Q
Time?
A
4.53 pm
4
Q
Magnitude?
A
- 7.0 magnitude
5
Q
Causes
A
- Located on the Caribbean plate
- Situated between the N.American and S.American plate
- Volcanically active subduction zone
6
Q
Vulnerability
A
- Poorest country in the Western hemisphere
- 2009 - 70% of pop lived below the poverty line
- 60% of houses were unsafe before quake
- Buildings on steep slope
- Deforestation - widespread
7
Q
Impacts
A
- 220000 deaths
- 180000 homes destroyed
- 1.8 million homeless
- 80% schools damaged
- Economic cost of disaster = $8 billion
= 120% of Haitain economy - Cost of recovery = $11.5 billion
- Cholera = 4000 killed + 210000 affected
- Liquefaction
8
Q
Responses
A
- 3/4 days after - oversea charities offer aid
- Search and rescue + emergency supplies = slow
- Liquefaction = road transport difficult
- Port was useless for months
- Shortage of vehicle = organise distribution
- Confusion over lead responsibilities - delay in aid distribution
- US marines supervised aid of supplies by air-drop
- UN - blue helmet troops joined
- Rebuilding of infrastructure = priorities + involve local pple with local knowledge
