Haiti earthquake, 2010
- Created by: alexlucas
- Created on: 01-05-15 15:14
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- Physical factors
- 7.0 magnitude
- Haiti earthquake, 2010
- Human factors
- 80% of the population were living below the poverty line
- 72% of the population were living on less than $2 per day
- 86% of the population of Port-au-Prince were living in slum conditions
- No national army
- Impacts
- 220,000 deaths
- 1.5 million people left homeless
- 275,000 homes destroyed
- $9 billion in economic losses
- Human factors
- On a transform plate boundary (North American and Caribbean plates)
- 5 miles deep focus
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