Multi Hazardous - Haiti Earthquake 2010 Flashcards
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Key information
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12th January 2010
Magnitude 7 followed by 2 aftershocks of magnitude 5.9 and 5.5
Happened 25km southwest of capital
Earthquake resulted from the slippage of rock upward across its plane of fracture
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Primary impacts
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3.5 million people affected
220,000 estimated to have died
4000 schools were damaged or destroyed
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Secondary impacts
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1.5 million people became homeless
By 2014, 100,000 people remained without permanent housing
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Short term responses
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Humanitarian aid was promised by the UN
Assistance with medical food and water was given to survivors
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Long term responses
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Two years later half of the rubble had been cleared, and some damaged residences had been made habitable.
August 2014 - setting progress in Haiti act
