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Quiz by Charlotte O'mahony, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Charlotte O'mahony
over 7 years ago
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Question 1
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The Haiti Earthquake was on the [blank_start]12th of January 2010[blank_end]
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12th of January 2010
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The Haiti Earthquake was a magnitude [blank_start]7[blank_end] on the Richter Scale
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7
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The Haiti Earthquake was a magnitude [blank_start]9[blank_end] on the Mercalli Scale
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9
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The Haiti Earthquake involved the [blank_start]Caribbean[blank_end] and [blank_start]North American[blank_end] Plates
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Caribbean
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North American
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The epicentre was [blank_start]15[blank_end] miles away from the capital; Port au Prince
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15
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Port au Prince has a population of [blank_start]2 million[blank_end] people
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2 million
Question 7
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The focus of the Haiti Earthquake was shallow, only being [blank_start]13km[blank_end] deep
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13km
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The energy outputted as a result of the earthquake was equivalent to that of an [blank_start]atomic bomb[blank_end]
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atomic bomb
Question 9
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The shaking lasted for [blank_start]60[blank_end] seconds
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60
Question 10
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[blank_start]1/3[blank_end] of buildings collapsed completely
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1/3
Question 11
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The earthquake was a result of a [blank_start]slip strike[blank_end] fault
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slip strike
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This caused lateral spreading and led to the water coming out of the earth, also known as [blank_start]liquefaction[blank_end]
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liquefaction
Question 13
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[blank_start]1.5 million[blank_end] people were left homeless
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1.5 million
Question 14
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The "[blank_start]pancake failure[blank_end]" meant that all buildings collapsed on themselves because there weren't enough steel supports in the foundations of the buildings
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pancake failure
Question 15
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There were [blank_start]52[blank_end] aftershocks, with the lowest aftershock being [blank_start]4.5[blank_end] on the richter scale
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52
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4.5
Question 16
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After a year since the earthquake, [blank_start]6900[blank_end] people had died from cholera
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6900
Question 17
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The total cost of damage was $[blank_start]8[blank_end] billion
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8
Question 18
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Due to the collapse of buildings, [blank_start]4000[blank_end] prisoners broke free and escaped
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4000
Question 19
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In 2016, [blank_start]60[blank_end]% of those in temporary housing were still in temporary housing
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60
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Seismologists knew that, due to the fault line, there would be an increased number of earthquakes [blank_start]West[blank_end] of the fault
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West
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