seismic & local scale hazardous setting - PORT AU PRINCE Flashcards
where is PAP
Haiti = seismically active LIC
when did the EQ happen
January 2010
where is haiti
located where the Caribbean and North American plates slide past each other
what plate boundary is haiti located on
conservative
when and who found that the plates were jammed
2008
scientist
when were the plates released
12 January 2012
what size was the EQ generated after the plates were released
mag 7
how far away was the epicentre from PAP
24km SW of the capital - home to 2 million
how much energy was generated by the EQ
equivalent energy of an atomic bomb was transmitted outwards, violently shaking the
entire country
how long did it take for PAP to be flattened post EQ
less than 60 seconds
how many died
230,000
what % of buildings collapsed
50
what type of buildings collapsed
densely packed/poorly built
government buildings
police HQ
how many homes damaged
180,000+
how many made homeless
1.5 million
how many left PAP
over 600,000 - went to live with host families
how many schools were damaged/destroyed
nearly 5000
what did liquefaction cause
liquefaction on looser sediments caused building foundations to subside
what happened after the initial EQ
strong aftershocks were recorded, including a 6.1 magnitude EQ on January 20th
why did the government become crippled
the loss of hundreds of civil servants and destruction of ministries
what happened after destruction of the main prison and devastation of the police force
cities became lawless
what happened by the 1st anniversary
cholera had killed over 1500 people and 1.5million were still homeless
short term responses
rescue efforts
infrastructure
security
health
shelter
short term responses mnemonic
RISHi Sucks
rescue efforts
search teams struggled within the dense and congested urban environment.
Locals were employed by the UN Development Project to help find and rescue survivors
infrastructure
US military took control of the airport to speed up the distribution of aid and
reopened on of the 2 piers in the port
security
16,000 UN troops/police restored law and order
health
emergency surgeries were established to perform live-saving operations. UK Disaster
Emergency Committee provided over 100,000 consultations and built 3000 toilets
shelter
around 1.5 million homeless people were accommodated in 1100 camps, in emergency shelter – made of tarpaulins
over 100,000 of these were at critical risk of storms and flooding.
long term responses
aid
food
buildings
economies
locals employed
mnemonic for lt responses
All
Fat
Boys
Eat
Loads
aid
the Haiti Relief Fund manages an US$11.5 billion reconstruction package with controls in place to prevent corruption
food
farming sector was reformed to encourage greater self sufficiency and less reliance on
food imports
buildings
hospitals, schools and government buildings were rebuilt to new life-safe
building codes.
economy
some economic activity was moved away from Port-au-Prince to less EQ prone areas
locals employed as construction workers. what did they do
slums were demolished and high risk areas (e.g. unstable hillsides) were avoided when new settlements were built
how many injured
300,000
people killed
220,000
how many affected
3 million
major economic impacts?
30,000 commercial buildings damage to main clothing industry airport and port destroyed
why were the effects of the earthquake so bad?
very few earthquake resistant buildings
buildings and other structures were poorly built the epicentre was near to the capital
there were few resources to rescue or treat injured people
