seismic & local scale hazardous setting - PORT AU PRINCE

Question 1

where is PAP

Answer 1

Haiti = seismically active LIC

Question 2

when did the EQ happen

Answer 2

January 2010

Question 3

where is haiti

Answer 3

located where the Caribbean and North American plates slide past each other

Question 4

what plate boundary is haiti located on

Answer 4

conservative

Question 5

when and who found that the plates were jammed

Answer 5

2008
scientist

Question 6

when were the plates released

Answer 6

12 January 2012

Question 7

what size was the EQ generated after the plates were released

Answer 7

mag 7

Question 8

how far away was the epicentre from PAP

Answer 8

24km SW of the capital - home to 2 million

Question 9

how much energy was generated by the EQ

Answer 9

equivalent energy of an atomic bomb was transmitted outwards, violently shaking the
entire country

Question 10

how long did it take for PAP to be flattened post EQ

Answer 10

less than 60 seconds

Question 11

how many died

Answer 11

230,000

Question 12

what % of buildings collapsed

Answer 12

50

Question 13

what type of buildings collapsed

Answer 13

densely packed/poorly built
government buildings
police HQ

Question 14

how many homes damaged

Answer 14

180,000+

Question 15

how many made homeless

Answer 15

1.5 million

Question 16

how many left PAP

Answer 16

over 600,000 - went to live with host families

Question 17

how many schools were damaged/destroyed

Answer 17

nearly 5000

Question 18

what did liquefaction cause

Answer 18

liquefaction on looser sediments caused building foundations to subside

Question 19

what happened after the initial EQ

Answer 19

strong aftershocks were recorded, including a 6.1 magnitude EQ on January 20th

Question 20

why did the government become crippled

Answer 20

the loss of hundreds of civil servants and destruction of ministries

Question 21

what happened after destruction of the main prison and devastation of the police force

Answer 21

cities became lawless

Question 22

what happened by the 1st anniversary

Answer 22

cholera had killed over 1500 people and 1.5million were still homeless

Question 23

short term responses

Answer 23

rescue efforts
infrastructure
security
health
shelter

Question 24

short term responses mnemonic

Answer 24

RISHi Sucks

Question 25

rescue efforts

Answer 25

search teams struggled within the dense and congested urban environment.
Locals were employed by the UN Development Project to help find and rescue survivors

Question 26

infrastructure

Answer 26

US military took control of the airport to speed up the distribution of aid and
reopened on of the 2 piers in the port

Question 27

security

Answer 27

16,000 UN troops/police restored law and order

Question 28

health

Answer 28

emergency surgeries were established to perform live-saving operations. UK Disaster
Emergency Committee provided over 100,000 consultations and built 3000 toilets

Question 29

shelter

Answer 29

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.

Question 30

long term responses

Answer 30

aid
food
buildings
economies
locals employed

Question 31

mnemonic for lt responses

Answer 31

All
Fat
Boys
Eat
Loads

Question 32

aid

Answer 32

the Haiti Relief Fund manages an US$11.5 billion reconstruction package with controls in place to prevent corruption

Question 33

food

Answer 33

farming sector was reformed to encourage greater self sufficiency and less reliance on
food imports

Question 34

buildings

Answer 34

hospitals, schools and government buildings were rebuilt to new life-safe
building codes.

Question 35

economy

Answer 35

some economic activity was moved away from Port-au-Prince to less EQ prone areas

Question 36

locals employed as construction workers. what did they do

Answer 36

slums were demolished and high risk areas (e.g. unstable hillsides) were avoided when new settlements were built

Question 37

how many injured

Answer 37

300,000

Question 38

people killed

Answer 38

220,000

Question 39

how many affected

Answer 39

3 million

Question 40

major economic impacts?

Answer 40

30,000 commercial buildings damage to main clothing industry airport and port destroyed

Question 41

why were the effects of the earthquake so bad?

Answer 41

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