LEDC Earthquake Flashcards
What was the date of the event? (Haiti tectonics)
12th January 2010
Where did the event occur? (Haiti tectonics)
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
What is the average time spent in school? (Haiti tectonics)
4.9 years
What type of fault line does Haiti sit on? (Haiti tectonics)
Strike-slip fault
At what rate have the plates been recorded to be moving? (Haiti tectonics)
7mm per year
What year did the plates begin to get stuck, leading to a pressure rise? (Haiti tectonics)
2008
What magnitude was the earthquake? (Haiti tectonics)
7
What date was the aftershock and what magnitude? (Haiti tectonics)
20th January 2010
6.1
What type of focus was it and how deep? (Haiti tectonics)
Shallow focus, around 13km deep
What were some of the short term impacts of the earthquake? (Haiti tectonics)
- 50% of buildings collapsed
- parliament and government buildings destroyed
- lateral spreading resulted in the land moving away
- liquefaction of looser sediment
- localised tsunami killed 7
- 1.5 million homeless
- 250,000 dead
What were some of the long term impacts of the earthquake? (Haiti tectonics)
- destruction of ministries, meant the police and government were cripple
- local food prices were too expensive
- increase in crime
- cholera killed 1,500 one year on
- increased gang rape
What were some of the short term management and response schemes? (Haiti tectonics)
- locals employed by UNDP to help pull survivors from the rubble
- US military took over all infrastructure and airport (only letting in aid)
- 16,000 UN troops restored law/police force
- UN world food programme gave farmers immediate support to begin to sustain themselves
What were some of the long term management and response schemes? (Haiti tectonics)
- Haiti fund manages $11.5 billion reconstruction package with controls to prevent corruption
- follow up cases for mental illness
- schools, hospitals and government buildings were made life safe
