Plate Tectonics: Haiti EQ

Question 1

Background info

Answer 1

• 7.0 Richter scale
• 25km from capital, 13km focus
• Haiti, Caribbean, near Cuba
• 12 Jan 2010
• 86% of city population in slums

Question 2

Cause of EQ

Answer 2

• Conservative plate margin
• Caribbean plate (oceanic)
• N American plate (continental)
• Same direction different speeds

Question 3

Primary impacts

Answer 3

• 316,000 dead 300,000 injured
• 1.5 million homeless
• 4000 schools destroyed

Question 4

Secondary impacts

Answer 4

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Question 5

Primary impacts

Answer 5

• est. 220,000+ dead 300,000 injured
• 1.5 million homeless
• 4000 schools destroyed, 60% of Gov buildings
• 4000 inmates escaped
• transport, communication, air traffic control

Question 6

Secondary impacts

Answer 6

• Looting, disruption in law & order
• Cholera Oct 2010 1000s dead
• Dead bodies in streets

Question 7

Response

Answer 7

• Delayed international aid response
• Bottled water & water purification kits
• Field hospitals
• 380 million pounds
• Tent camps 100,000 + ppl
• US troops for law & order