Haiti earthquake

• When did the earthquake occur?

  Tuesday 12th January, 2010, at 16:53 local time
• What tectonic plates were involved? What sort of plate margin is here?

  The North American and Caribbean plates, Conservative plate margin
• What did the earthquake score on the Richter scale?

  7.0
• Where was the epicentre?

  25km away from Haiti's capital Port au Prince
• How were people affected?

  230,000 people were killed

  300,000 people injured

  1 million people homeless
• How were buildings affected?

  250,000 residential buildings and 30,000 commercial buildings collapsed.
• What were the short term responses?

  The red cross sent a convoy of trucks to help aid the people, which included a 50 bed hospital

  The UK disaster committee donated 23 million Euros
• What were the long term responses?

  - Other countries allowed Haitian refugees to enter eg. the Dominican republic and Senegal

  - The EU donated $330 million to Haiti

  - Between 23 major charities, $1.1 billion was raised

  - The UK government gave £20 million
• Epicenter


  Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus
• focus


  The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
• primary effects of earthquakes

  ground shaking, surface rupture
• secondary effects of earthquakes

  Occur because of primary effects eg tsunamis fires deaths
• Richter scale


  A scale that rates an earthquake's magnitude based on the size of its seismic waves.
• aftershock


  An earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake in the same area
• MEDC


  More economically developed country: a highly industrialized country with high average GNP per capita.
• LEDC


  Less economically developed country: a country with low to moderate industrialization and low to moderate average GNP per capita.
• infrastructure


  Fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area, as transportation and communication systems, power plants, and schools
• rubble


  (n.) broken stone or bricks; ruins
• mitigate


  make less severe, serious, or painful
• Regulations


  Rules