Haiti Earthquake

Question 1

when was Haiti Earthquake

Answer 1

January 12 2010

Question 2

how large was Haiti Earthquake

Answer 2

a magnitude 7 earthquake

Question 3

more about Haiti

Answer 3

biggest income is tourism

Haiti is the poorest island in the western hemisphere

Question 4

causes of Haiti Earthquake

Answer 4

Haiti is located in one of the most active locations in the world
Haiti sits under ‘micro-plates’ - these are smaller plates inside of the crossing of the Caribbean and North American tectonic plates.
Haiti was cause by a strike slip fault as the plates (a conservative plate boundry)

Question 5

effects of Haiti earthquake (social economic impact)

Answer 5

Haiti Earthquake destroyed an entire city.
death rate: over 20,000 people
homeless rate: 1.5 million 
1 in 3 buildings collapsed
190,000 homes were damages
105,000 homes completely destroyed

Question 6

enviromental impact

Answer 6

the earthquake destroyed an entire coral reef
hundreds of tons of coral was pushed by the sea.
Tsunamis occured as the earthquake disrupted the salt water balance

Question 7

response

Answer 7

Haiti lost 8.5 billion in one day
4,000 schools were damaged/destroyed
16 billion was donated

food was donated
shelters built
water fountains for clean water were built
farmers were trained

Question 8

the dark respose

Answer 8

another $10 billion was pleged yet did not fully materialise
U.N troops were responsible for the chloera outbreak that killed thousands of people
at the time of the quake 70% of the population already lived in poverty
Oxfam were critisized for covering up many claims that staff sexually exploited victims, essentially paying vunerable women to be ‘prostitutes’