Haiti 2010

• when was it

  January 2010
• magnitude

  7
• focus

  13km deep
• how far from the capital

  25KM south west of Port au Prince
• what is the capital called

  Port-au-prince
• Port-au-prince population

  3 million
• how many homes destroyed

  105,000
• how many died

  220,000
• how many homeless

  1.5 million
• who set up the rescue camps

  the UN and charity organisations
• 3 reasons the event was so catastrophic

  • population density
  • corrupt Government/ poverty
  • multi hazard zone
• why is the capital so populated

  rapid rural to urban migration due to lack of investment, poor development and isolation of rural areas
• what was the problem of the rapid rural to urban migration in Port au Prince

  -no proper urban planning could be implemented so high rise buildings, buildings made of unstable materials and buildings built on mountain slopes were unable to withstand the disaster

  - 86% of the people in Port au Prince were living in informal settlements
• what was the fault line called

  Enriquillo plantain garden fault
• before the earthquake, how many people in port au prince lived in. slums

  86%
• statistic to show high levels of poverty in Haiti before disaster

  more than 70% of its people living on less than $2 per day;
• Why is Haiti a multi-hazard zone?

  -the slip along g the existing fault line didn't only cause the earthquake, but underwater landslides caused a minor tsunami which caused flooding

  -pummeled by tropical storms in 2008
• what was the problem of the many tropical storms in 2008

  (HINT-landslides)

  the heavy rain combined with the mountainous topography and faulted limestone created ideal conditions for lan slides
• why was the government corrupt

  -relies on international economic aid for financial sustainability

  -had french debt which was cancelled
• what was the damage to the Haitan economy

  $8.5 billion
• how many people still living in refugee camps 7 years post disaster


  1.5 million
• problem with the refugee camps; why can they be said to be an unsuccessful response

  -disease (cholera) due to overpopulation

  -reports of murder, rape and disease despite the UN peacekeeping force of 9000
• when was the cholera epidemic

  2010-2017
• how many years has Haitis development been set back

  125 years
• how low are the literacy levels,

  61%
• social impact of low literacy levels

  want get well paid jobs so low wages and low QOL
• economic impact of literacy levels

  unskilled workforce, so production and exports slow so GDP falls
• how m any children schooling was disrupted

  300,000
• how did the cholera epidemic come about

  due to hurricane Thomas in 2010, sewage pipes were fractured, and the contaminated waters flowed into the overpopulated refugee camps
• why is the cholera outbreak an example of the unsuccessful responses by Haiti

  further disaster was created by response
• how much did the UN refugee fund donate in 2015


  $21 million
• example to show magnitude did nit cause disaster

  San Fransisco also suffered a 7 magnitude earthquake and only 63 died