Natural Hazards Flashcards
What is the definition of a primary effect?
Loss of life and numbers injured.
What is the definition of a secondary effect?
indirect or unintentional changes as a result of a project.
What is the definition of an immediate response?
An immediate result, action, or reaction happens or is done without any delay.
What is the definition of a long-term response?
Responses that go on for months and years after a disaster
Where did the Haiti earthquake occur?
Approximately 25 km WSW from Port-au-Prince at a depth of 13 km.
Which type of plate boundary the Haiti earthquake occur on?
Conservative plate boundary with the North American plate.
What were the primary effects of the Haiti earthquake?
Loss of power to many areas.
100,000 homes destroyed.
Over 300,000 killed.
What were the secondary effects of the Haiti earthquake?
Two million left without food and water.
Regular power cuts.
What were the short term responses of the Haiti earthquake?
£20 million was donated by the UK GOVERNMENT.
The USA sent rescue teams.
Bottled water and purification tablets were provided.
What were the long term responses of the Haiti earthquake?
Over one million still living in shelters.
New homes were built to a higher standard.
Large investments made due to the Port needing to be built.
Why were the impacts of Haiti so bad?
The earthquake took place just 15 miles away from Port-au-Prince, the capital city where more than 2 million lived, the seismic force was catastrophic.
