Haiti Flashcards
1
Q
Effects
A
17000 people died
Destruction of roads bridges infrastructure
Effected food production
1 million people made homeless
300,000 people injured
250,000 residential buildings and 30,000 commercial buildings collapsed or seriously damages
2
Q
Causes
A
Pressure building up along conservative boundary for 250 years
Fault snapped and the plate moved 1.8 meters
7 on Richter scale
Epicentre was near leogane 25km away from capital city
52 after shocks
