Haiti 2010

• When did this occur?

  12th January 2010
• What was the magnitude?

  7 on Richter scale
• How many deaths?

  Over 200,000
• Where is it located?

  In the Caribbean - forming the western part of the island Hispaniola, with the Dominican Republic
• What is the GNI?

  $660 per person per year
• What does Haiti experience high levels of?

  * Levels of infant mortality

  * Incidence of HIV/AIDs
• What caused the earthquake?

  * Rupture of Enriquillo Plantain Garden Fault - locked for 250 years gathering stress.

  * Caribbean plate shifts eastwards about 20 mm per year in relation to the North American plate
• How big was the rupture?

  65 km
• How many aftershocks were there?

  52
• How many deaths?


  230,000
• How many people were affected?

  3 million
• How many cases of cholera were there?

  6900
• How many people were made homeless?

  1.5 million
• What % of infrastructure was destroyed?

  60%
• What % of buildings had collapsed?

  70%
• How many amputees?


  4000
• What happened to the main port?

  Damaged
• What was the cost of damages and losses?

  $8 billion
• How many hospitals were destroyed?

  8
• How many medical centres were destroyed?

  9
• How many uni buildings were destroyed?

  19
• How many people lost jobs?

  1/5
• How many people had no food and water?

  2 million
• Where was the epicentre located?

  25 km west of Port au Prince
• What was it on the Mercali scale?

  Level 9
• What is Haiti classes as?

  A multi-hazard zone
• What time did it occur?

  16:53 pm
• Why was the time it occurred bad?


  The population was spread out in risky areas
• What didn't happen before Earthquake?

  * No foreshocks

  * No warning
• What is the population of Port au Prince?

  2 million
• Why was critical aid slow?

  Due to damaged port
• How many troops did the USA send?

  100,000
• What was provided?


  Bottled water and purification tablets
• How many people moved to less damaged cities?

  235,000
• How much did the UK government donate?

  £20 million
• What was Haiti dependent on?

  Overseas aid
• How were homes rebuilt?

  To a higher standard
• How much was committed by 54 countries + 35 NGO's?


  £11 billion
• How many people were still in temporary shelters a year after?

  1 million
• What was the legacy of Haiti?

  * Have poor infrastructure + health services

  * Very poor governance - no emergency plan

  * Poor - living in slums + unsafe land

  * Vulnerable + low capacity to cope