Restless Earth - [CASE STUDY] Haiti Earthquake

Question 1

When was the Haiti Earthquake?

Answer 1

12th January 2010.

Question 2

What did the Earthquake measure on the Richter scale?

Answer 2

7.0.

Question 3

Within ___ of the earthquake, there were at least ___ aftershocks measuring at least ___+ on the Richter scale.

Answer 3

10, 52, 4.5+.

Question 4

How many people is it estimated were killed?

Answer 4

316,000 people.

Question 5

How many people were made homeless?

Answer 5

1 million people.

Question 6

How many people were affected?

Answer 6

3 million people.

Question 7

How close was the earthquake’s focus from the surface?

Answer 7

13km.

Question 8

How much aid was received from the USA?

Answer 8

$100 million.

Question 9

How much aid was received from the EU?

Answer 9

$330 million.

Question 10

How many people were placed in aid camps?

Answer 10

810,000 people.

Question 11

How many people were provided with food rations in the weeks following the earthquake?

Answer 11

4.3 million people.

Question 12

What caused the Earthquake?

Answer 12

A Transform plate earthquake on the North American Plate and Caribbean Plate.

Question 13

The GDP per capita (Average income) before the earthquake was…

Answer 13

$1,200 per person each year.

Question 14

The number of people living in poverty before the earthquake was…

Answer 14

80% living on $2 or less per day.

Question 15

The life expectancy before the earthquake was…

Answer 15

62 years old.

Question 16

The ratio of doctors per 1,000 people before the earthquake was…

Answer 16

0.25 doctors per 1,000 people.

Question 17

The adult literacy rate before the earthquake was…

Answer 17

53% over 15 years old.

Question 18

The percentage of people with access to clean water before the earthquake was…

Answer 18

46% of people had access to clean water.

Question 19

Name some primary effects.

Answer 19

Any of the following:

• Transport and communication links were badly damaged.
• 750 hospitals and 71,300 schools were badly damaged, along with their airport control tower.
• Main prison destroyed, 4,000 inmates escaped.

Question 20

Name some secondary effects.

Answer 20

Any of the following:

• 1/5 of people lost their jobs.
• Hospitals were full.
• Bodies were piled up on the streets.
• Diseases like cholera spread quickly.
• Disaster management was poor and delayed aid.
• People were squashed in shanty towns which had bad health, sanitation and crime.

Question 21

Name some long term effects.

Answer 21

Any of the following:

• 98% of the rubble on the roads hadn’t been cleared, restricting access.
• Temporary schools created.
• Water and sanitation eventually supplied for 1.7 million people.