Haiti 2010 EQ

Question 1

How many people died in the Haiti EQ?

Answer 1

200,000-300,000

Question 2

How many people were injured in the Haiti EQ?

Answer 2

300,000+

Question 3

How many people died of cholera, following the EQ?

Answer 3

7000

Question 4

What attitude to people in Haiti have towards hazardous events

Answer 4

fatalism

Question 5

What percentage of Haiti’s GDP was made up by debt?

Answer 5

20%

Question 6

What % of Haitians were living in poverty PRIOR TO the 2010 EQ?

Answer 6

65%

Question 7

How many schools were damaged or destroyed in the Haiti 2010 EQ?

Answer 7

4000

Question 8

What percentage of civil servants in Port-au-Prince died?

Answer 8

25%

Question 9

How many people were placed in aid camps following the 2010 EQ in Haiti?

Answer 9

810,000

Question 10

How many people were supplied with water/sanitation following the 2010 EQ in Haiti?

Answer 10

1.7 million

Question 11

What percentage of buildings in Haiti were sub-standard?

Answer 11

60%

Question 12

What was a negative impact of international aid as a response to the 2010 EQ in Haiti?

Answer 12

aid worker brought over cholera, caused 7000+ deaths

Question 13

(opinion based) what is the most successful response to the EQ in Haiti (2010)?

Answer 13

4.3 mil supplied with food rations, provided food for population, who could not self-help, meant people didn’t die and were able to help with response efforts

Question 14

what is the most significant secondary impact of the 2010 EQ in Haiti?

Answer 14

1.5M homeless, as left them vulnerable to other hazards and required significant amounts of money to rebuild and provide temporary housing

Question 15

What percentage of buildings were damaged/ destroyed?

Answer 15

90%

Question 16

How many people roughly were left homeless?

Answer 16

1.5 million.

Question 17

What happened to the airport and the port due to the earthquake?

Answer 17

The airport control tower was damaged and the port was unusable.

Question 18

How many people were provided with food rations in the weeks following the earthquake?

Answer 18

4.3 million

Question 19

What was one of the main criticisms of the response to the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 19

98% of the rubble was un-cleared, some vital roads were blocked.

Question 20

How far was the epicentre from Port-au-Prince?

Answer 20

24km

Question 21

What was the focus of the EQ?

Answer 21

13km

Question 22

How were the UN involved with Haiti

Answer 22

MINUSTAH from 2004 to 2013, efforts refocused as EQ hit
680 police officers deployed after EQ
UN world food programme provided basic food aid

Question 23

What Hurricane complicated the response to the 2010 EQ and when did it hit?

Answer 23

Hurricane Tomas, 5 November 2010

Question 24

How many people were still in temporary shelters in 2011?

Answer 24

1 million

Question 25

How much aid was collected?

Answer 25

$1.1 billion

Question 26

What is a long-term impact of the Haiti EQ?

Answer 26

long term political impacts current violence and political instability stemmed from the 2010 EQ

Question 27

Why is the response to Haiti so complicated?

Answer 27

even with lots of funding, there is no management or governance. No single group or government has control over the reconstruction process

Question 28

What percentage of Port au Prince is controlled by gangs currently?

Answer 28

90%