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Seismicity case study: Haiti Earthquake, 12th January 2010 Flashcards

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1
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When was the earthquake?

A

12th January 2010

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What is Haiti’s population?

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9.8 million

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3
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Whats the GNI per annum per person?

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$660

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What % of GDP were remittences in 2008?

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32%

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What was the earthquake caused by?

A

movement in the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault system

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6
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How long had the fault been locked for?

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over 250years

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How much did the land move?

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1.8 metres

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What richer and mace scale was the earthquake?

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r=7 m=9

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How far was the focus and epicentre from the capital of Port-au-Prince?

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f=13km e=25km

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How many aftershocks were experienced at 4.5 or greater?

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52

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What % of the population live on less than $2 a day?

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70%

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12
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How many people had access to clean tap water?

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33%

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What is the IMR?

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86 per 1,000 live births

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What had occurred due to a high unemployment rate of 90%?

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rural-urban migration

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What % of people in Port-au-Prince lived in slum conditions?

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86%

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16
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How many people live in poverty?

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4/5

17
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Due to the log history of unstable/ineffectual governments what did this mean?

A

there was no plan, and preparation for an event like this

18
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How many buildings collapsed in Port-au-Prince?

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70%

19
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How many people were killed?

A

230,000

20
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How many deaths did the cholera epidemic cause?

A

6,900

21
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How many were left homeless and living in tented camps?

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1.5million

22
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What was the cost of the damage and losses?

A

$8billion

23
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By July 2010 what % of the rubble still remained?

A

98%

24
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What % of jobs had disappeared?

A

20%

25
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What was there a lack of in terms of planning?

A

lack of a coherent emergency plan for a disaster

26
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What was one of the main causes for lack of communication?

A

NGOs didn’t speak french

27
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Which country were the first to send in aid and what did they also do to help?

A

Dominican republic, opened there boarders

28
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How many deliveries of water was there a week?

A

one a week

29
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How many camps were set up?

A

1500

30
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How much of Haiti’s debt did the World Bank cancel?

A

1/2

31
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What type of projects did the World Bank set up?

A

community-driven development projects

32
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What was Haiti’s main problem to do with their responses?

A

they were stuck in the short term without considering the long term

33
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Whats a positive they now have?

A

containers and lorries full of first response disaster equipment

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