Restless Earth: LEDC Earthquake - Haiti Flashcards
1
Q
Where?
A
Hispaniola island
Conservative plate boundary (Caribbean and South American plates)
2
Q
Earthquake facts?
A
Focus 13km
Magnitude 7.0
3
Q
Killed?
A
220 000
4
Q
Injured?
A
300 000
5
Q
Homes destroyed and damaged?
A
Destroyed 100 000
Damaged 200 000
6
Q
Other effects?
A
8 hospitals in port-au-prince destroyed
Roads blocked
Port destroyed
7
Q
Secondary effects?
A
Cholera
Looting
Power cuts
2 million without food
8
Q
Responses?
A
43 international help teams
Dominican Republic: 30,000 rations, water, hospitals
World vision built 10 schools and trained 19,000 farmers
18,000 cholera drugs
9
Q
When?
A
12th Jan 2010
10
Q
Costs?
A
$8 billion
