Haiti Earthquake LEDC 2010
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- Haiti LEDC Earthquake 2010
- Immediate Responses?
- Haiti appeal set up to raise £107million. SOC/EC
- The United Nations with the USA now have taken control on relief mission. SOC
- Long term Responses?
- New buildings built to modern earthquake proof specifications. EC
- Support for Haitian farmers and small businesses, encourage people to stay in rural areas. SOC/EC
- Primary Effects?
- Estimated death toll exceeded 200'000 and 300'00 seriously injured. SOC
- 60% government and administrative buildings destoyed and 1.5m people homeless. SOC/EC
- Secondary Effects?
- Long term poverty. SOC/EC
- Landslides. ENVI
- Loss of wage owners. EC
- Why?
- Sits on conservative plate boundary.
- Occurred at a fault.
- Build up of pressure as plates move past each other is eventually released as an earthquake.
- When?
- Tuesday 12th January 2010.
- 7.2 richter scale.
- Epicentre 16 miles West of Port-au-Prince (capital).
- On North American and Caribbean plate boundary.
- Immediate Responses?
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