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. Landmarks such as the Presidential Palace, the National Assembly Building and the Port au Prince Cathedral 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

  Aircraft from the USA deployed aircraft carrying rescue teams and aircraft carriers, and thousands of soldiers
• 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