Haiti Earthquake
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- Created on: 09-04-18 16:12
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- Haiti Earthquake 2010
- Causes
- Haiti lies on the boundary of the Caribbean and North American plates.
- There was a slippage along the conservative boundary that runs through Haiti.
- January 12th 2010, a magnitude of 7 earthquake hit Haiti.
- Impacts/Effect
- SOCIAL
- 3 million people effected
- Over 220,000 deaths
- 1.3 million homeless.
- Many hospitals collapsed.
- ECONOMIC
- 30,000 commercial building collapsed.
- Airport and port damaged.
- Clothing industry was damaged.
- SOCIAL
- Responses
- PRIMARY
- Dominican Republic provided emergency water and medical supplies.
- Emergency rescue teams arrived from other countries, e.g Iceland.
- Temporary hospitals were set up by the red cross.
- SECONDARY
- After one year, there were still 1,300 camps.
- 'Cash For Work' programmes are paying Haitians to clear rubble.
- Schools are being rebuilt.
- PRIMARY
- Causes
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