haiti jan 2010

Question 1

when was the earthquake

Answer 1

January 2010

Question 2

what plate boundary did this occur

Answer 2

conservative

Question 3

HIC, LIC, NEE?

Answer 3

LIC

Question 4

how big was the eq on the moment magnitude scale

Answer 4

7.0

Question 5

primary: how many dead/ injured

Answer 5

230000 killed, 300000 injured

Question 6

how far was the epicentre from the capital

Answer 6

approximately 25 kilometres west of Port-au-Prince

Question 7

how deep was the focus

Answer 7

13km

Question 8

what 2 plates were involved

Answer 8

Caribbean Plate and the North American Plate

Question 9

primary: how many made homeless

Answer 9

1 million

Question 10

primary: how much of total population was affected

Answer 10

1/3

Question 11

how many people left without food and water

Answer 11

1 million

Question 12

secondary: cholera?

Answer 12

by November 2010 there were cholera outbreaks, lead to a cholera epidemic in 2013 with 8000 deaths

Question 13

were there high looting levels

Answer 13

yup

Question 14

STR: what happened to promised aid

Answer 14

it was withdrawn due to high corruption levels

Question 15

STR: how many troops did the US send

Answer 15

10,000

Question 16

STR: what was provided to help with water shortages

Answer 16

water purification tablets

Question 17

LTR: how many people in temporary camps after a year

Answer 17

1 million

Question 18

LTR: what happened to housing

Answer 18

new housing was slowly rebuilt to higher standards, however it needed large amounts of investment.

Question 19

why did so many people die?

Answer 19

shallow focus so waves retain energy
struck the most densely populated area
poor building conditions
rapid urbanisation = slums