Haiti earthquake

• The earthquake was 7 on the Richter scale
• Secondary impacts

  • 1 in 5 jobs lost
  • 3 million affected
  • 300,000 dead
  • 1.5 million homeless
• Primary impacts

  • 4,000 schools destroyed
  • sea levels changed
  • 30,000 commercial buildings
  • liquefaction caused building's foundation to subside
• The earthquake occurred on the 12th of January 2010
• The Haiti earthquake was located in the caribbean and north American plate, which they had slide past one another east west direction
• secondary Hazards

  • liquefaction
  • landslides
• Short term immediate

  • rescue efforts _ International search trams struggled within the defense and congested urban enviroments
  • local people were employed by the UNDP (united nations development project
  • Security - 16,000 UN troops and police restored law and order
  • Health - emergency surgeries were established
  • immigration to Canada and othe HIC's, but this did lead to Survivors guilt
• Long-term responses: preparation

  • Aid - the Haiti relief fund, this was the main response
  • Reconstruction packages with contracts in place to prevent corruption. However, 49% of Haiti did not recieve one
  • Food - the farming sector was reformed to encourage greater self sufficiency and less reliance on food imports
• long-term response : Mitigation

  • Buildings - hospitals, Schools and gov buildings were re-built to new life withe safety codes
  • Economy - some economies were moved away from port-an- Prince to less earthquake prone areas
  • A UN Strategy was developed to create new jobs in clothing manufacturing, tourism and agriculture to reduce urbanisation