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Haiti Earthquake 2010
- Facts
- 12th January 2010
- Magnitude 7.0
- Poorest country in the western hemisphere
- worst earthquake in 200 years
- strike slip fault
- the last person found alive was on the 8th of feb
- 52 of the 100 aftershocks were stronger than 4.5
- the epicenter near Leogane was 25km west of Port-au-Prince
- the fault had been locked for 200 years gathering stress
- Caribbean plate moves 20mm per year under the North American plate
- life expectancy: 61
- income: $2per day
- population: 10 million
- 1% of the population hold half of the wealth
- Social Impacts
- 230,000 died
- the main prison was destroyed
- 4000 inmates escaped
- 300,000 injured
- 1.1 million people were made homeless
- 250,000 dwelling destroyed
- the better educated natives left the country
- many hospitals were destroyed
- Economic Impacts
- 1 in 5 jobs were lost
- 80% of people were below the poverty line
- damages: $7.8 billion est.
- 105,000 homes destroyed
- $2.3 billion
- in 2014 there was a 20% spike in tourism
- cost of removing debris
- Problems
- camps were built on owned land
- NGO's wouldnt built facilities without the owners consent
- land owners were hard to find
- the main airport and harbour were unuseable
- first recue team didn't arrive until the 17th
- 500,000 sleeping rough and 500,000 in tents
- rainy season began
- Response
- American red cross raised $7 million in 24hrs
- the UN invested $2 million in textiles industry (manufactering)
- generated $150 million worth of exports
- In 2015, 85,432 remain homeless
- 90% of people had left camps by July 2010
- 200,000 still living in slums
- no electricity
- no running water
- poor sanitation
- UN fund of $13.34 billion which carries on past 2020
- $2 billion spent on eradicating cholera
- Marrassa
- camp built on a rubbish dump
- Environmental Impacts
- collapsed buildings
- to remove debris it would take 1000 trucks, 5 years, working 24 hours a day
- main airport and harbour unuseable
- water supply contaminated
- dust contaminating fertile land
- sea levels rose
- land lost
- 20% of structures collapsed
- 80% of buildings still standing had serious structural damage