Haiti Earthquake 2010

Question 1

Haiti Earthquake 2010

Where was the focus?

Answer 1

13km underground

Question 2

Haiti Earthquake 2010

Where was the epicentre?

Answer 2

25km from Port-au-Prince

Question 3

Haiti Earthquake 2010

What was the cause?

Answer 3

Destructive plate margin between Caribbean and North American plates along major fault line

Question 4

Haiti Earthquake 2010

What was the magnitude?

Answer 4

7.0 Richter Scale

Question 5

Haiti Earthquake 2010

What date did it happen?

Answer 5

12th January 2010

Question 6

Haiti Earthquake 2010

How many were killed?

Answer 6

220,000

Question 7

Haiti Earthquake 2010

How many were injured?

Answer 7

300,000

Question 8

Haiti Earthquake 2010

What happened to the infrastructure?

Answer 8

Main port badly damaged, many roads blocked by falling building/smashed vehicles

Question 9

Haiti Earthquake 2010

How many buildings were damaged?

Answer 9

8 hospitals in Port-au-Prince collapsed/badly damaged. Government buildings destroyed

Question 10

Haiti Earthquake 2010

How many homes were damaged?

Answer 10

Hundred thousand houses destroyed 200,000 in Port-au-Prince and surrounding area

Question 11

Haiti Earthquake 2010

How many Haitians were displaced or homeless?

Answer 11

1.3 million

Question 12

Haiti Earthquake 2010

How many were left without food or water?

Answer 12

over 2 million

Question 13

Haiti Earthquake 2010

What impact did it have on crime/control?

Answer 13

Looting became serious problem Destroyed government buildings hindered efforts to control country Police collapse

Question 14

Haiti Earthquake 2010

What happened in November 2010?

Answer 14

Cholera outbreak

Question 15

Haiti Earthquake 2010

What was the issue with the damaged port/roads?

Answer 15

• Critical aid and supplies prevented from arriving and being distributed effectively. - Airport could not handle numbers

Question 16

Haiti Earthquake 2010

Where were displaced people put?

Answer 16

in tents/temporary shelters

Question 17

Haiti Earthquake 2010

What created a healthy hazard?

Answer 17

Many dead bodies in the streets

Question 18

Haiti Earthquake 2010

What occurred frequently?

Answer 18

Power cuts

Question 19

Haiti Earthquake 2010

What did American engineers do?

Answer 19

engineers and diving team cleared debris to reopen port

Question 20

Haiti Earthquake 2010

What did the USA send in aid?

Answer 20

ships, helicopters, 10,000 troops, search and rescue and $100 million in aid

Question 21

Haiti Earthquake 2010

What did the UN send/do?

Answer 21

troops and police and setup ‘food aid cluster’ to feed 2 million

Question 22

Haiti Earthquake 2010

What else was provided?

Answer 22

(water purification tablets and bottle water)

Question 23

Haiti Earthquake 2010

What was set up to help wounded?

Answer 23

Field hospitals – helicopters flew wounded to nearby countries

Question 24

Haiti Earthquake 2010

What did Haiti’s government do?

Answer 24

moved 235,000 people from the capital to areas of less damage

Question 25

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 What would Haiti depend on?

Answer 25

overseas aid to recover

Question 26

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 Why was large scale investment needed?

Answer 26

To bring Haiti's roads, electricity, water and telephone systems up to standard – and rebuild port

Question 27

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 How were houses going to be rebuilt?

Answer 27

to a higher standard, costing billions of dollars

Question 28

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 13km underground

Answer 28

Where was the focus?

Question 29

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 25km from Port-au-Prince

Answer 29

Where was the epicentre?

Question 30

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 Destructive plate margin between Caribbean and North American plates along major fault line

Answer 30

What was the cause?

Question 31

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 7.0 Richter Scale

Answer 31

What was the magnitude?

Question 32

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 12th January 2010

Answer 32

What date did it happen?

Question 33

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 220,000

Answer 33

How many were killed?

Question 34

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 300,000

Answer 34

How many were injured?

Question 35

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 Main port badly damaged, many roads blocked by falling building/smashed vehicles

Answer 35

What happened to the infrastructure?

Question 36

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 8 hospitals in Port-au-Prince collapsed/badly damaged. Government buildings destroyed

Answer 36

How many buildings were damaged?

Question 37

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 Hundred thousand houses destroyed 200,000 in Port-au-Prince and surrounding area

Answer 37

How many homes were damaged?

Question 38

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 1.3 million

Answer 38

How many Haitians were displaced or homeless?

Question 39

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 over 2 million

Answer 39

How many were left without food or water?

Question 40

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 Looting became serious problem Destroyed government buildings hindered efforts to control country Police collapse

Answer 40

What impact did it have on crime/control?

Question 41

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 Cholera outbreak

Answer 41

What happened in November 2010?

Question 42

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 - Critical aid and supplies prevented from arriving and being distributed effectively. - Airport could not handle numbers

Answer 42

What was the issue with the damaged port/roads?

Question 43

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 in tents/temporary shelters

Answer 43

Where were displaced people put?

Question 44

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 Many dead bodies in the streets

Answer 44

What created a healthy hazard?

Question 45

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 Power cuts

Answer 45

What occurred frequently?

Question 46

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 engineers and diving team cleared debris to reopen port

Answer 46

What did American engineers do?

Question 47

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 ships, helicopters, 10,000 troops, search and rescue and $100 million in aid

Answer 47

What did the USA send in aid?

Question 48

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 troops and police and setup 'food aid cluster' to feed 2 million

Answer 48

What did the UN send/do?

Question 49

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 (water purification tablets and bottle water)

Answer 49

What else was provided?

Question 50

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 Field hospitals – helicopters flew wounded to nearby countries

Answer 50

What was set up to help wounded?

Question 51

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 moved 235,000 people from the capital to areas of less damage

Answer 51

What did Haiti's government do?

Question 52

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 overseas aid to recover

Answer 52

What would Haiti depend on?

Question 53

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 To bring Haiti's roads, electricity, water and telephone systems up to standard – and rebuild port

Answer 53

Why was large scale investment needed?

Question 54

# Haiti Earthquake 2010 to a higher standard, costing billions of dollars

Answer 54

How were houses going to be rebuilt?