Haiti Earthquake Vs Laqauila Earthquake Flashcards
What is Haiti like
It is an LIC in the caribbean (less than $2000 GNI per person)
There are many tropical storms
Politically unstable
What is L’Aquila like
It is a city in Italy
(HIC - GNI between $37,000 and $40,000)
It is a medieval city home to 70,000
What plate margin are each cities on
(Haiti / L’Aquila)
Haiti - conservative margin
L’Aquila - Located on a fault line due to destructive margin
What where the sizes of the earthquakes in haiti and L’Aquila
Haiti - 7.0
L’Aquila - 6.3
In the Richter scale
When did the Earthquakes in Haiti and L’Aquila happen
H - 12th January 2010
L- 6th April 2009
What were the primary effects of the Haiti and L’Aquila eathquakes
H:
220k people were killed
8 hospitals destroyed
1.3 million became homeless
L:
294 deaths
$1.1 billion in damages
1500 were injured
What were the secondary effects of the Haiti and L’Aquila eathquakes
H:
By November there were outbreaks of cholera
2 million were left without food / water
Crime increased (looting)
L:
The number of students at the uni decreased
Aftershocks triggered landslides and rockfalls
As many homes were destroyed the price of rent increased
What were the short term responses of the Haiti and L’Aquila eathquakes
H:
Land in senegal was offered to Haitians
Port au Prince morgues were overwhelmed
Aid and rescue was slow as hospitals, transport facilities, and electrical networks had been damaged
L:
Hotels provided shelter for 10k and 40k tents were given out
Italian Red cross searched for survivors within an hour (7 dogs and 36 ambulances)
Hot meals and blankets were given out
What were the long term responses of the Haiti and L’Aquila eathquakes
EU gave $300mil + the world bank waived their debt from the last 5 years
98% if the rubble was cleared after 6 months
$1.1 billion was donated by over 23 major charities
L:
Students were given free transport for 3 years (also discounted education / equipment fees)
£171k raised by the red cross
Homes took several years to rebuild
