Haiti's Earthquake

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• on the 12th January 2010 at 4:53 pm the earthquake hit

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• Haiti isolated near Cuba and Jamaica between North and South America  it's an LEDC

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• the earthquake was a 7.0 magnitude and lasted less than 60 seconds 

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• 200,000 people died 

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• the north american plate and the caribbean plate  conservative plate boundary 

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• the epicentre was only 15 miles from the Capital and the focus was only 13 km below the surface 

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• 3 million people effected over 220,000 dead  300,000 injured  1.3million homeless hospitals collapsed and buildings damaged 

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• Haiti's main industry damaged loss of income  businesses lost ports and airports damaged 30,000 commercial businesses  destroyed  huge drop in trade  cholera outbreaks

1. dominican republic

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   • provides emergency water and medical aid 
2. Iceland

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   • provides emergency rescue teams
3. Red cross

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   • they encourage donations and set up temporary field hospitals 

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• very few earthquake proof buildings  poorly built buildings causing them  to pancake  as Haiti's an LEDC it has very few recourses or money so mainly relies on aid 

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• donations were still encouraged  in 2011 1300 camps still active  haitians paid to clean up on a cash for work scheme  schools and hospitals rebuilt  farmers supported to grow crops  

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• 86% of Port au Prince were living in slum conditions  1/2 of Port au Prince had no access to latrines and 1/3 had no access to water  most lived on $2 or less per day