Haiti Earthquake, 2010
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- Haiti Earthquake 2010
- About
- 7.0 magnitude on Richter Scale
- 12th January 2010, 16:53 local time
- Focus was 13km below the surface (shallow), Epicentre 16km SW of Port-Au-Prince
- Haiti is north of the Caribbean Plate on a transform boundary with the North American Plate
- Approx 3 million in slums
- Effects (as of Feb 12th)
- Estimated 3 million people affected by the quake
- Over 230,000 identified dead, 300,000 injured
- Over 1 million homeless
- The airport was badly damaged and the port unusable
- Deaths were preventable if seen to a doctor, but severe shortage
- 180,000+ homes damaged/ destroyed
- Relief and Reconstruction
- UK Public donated £107 million, £380m altogether
- 720,000 given clean water
- Provided free healthcare to 39,000 people
- 1.8 million reached DEC funded aid
- 100,000+ provided with shelter
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