Case Study LEDC Earthquake - Haiti
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- LEDC Earthquake - Haiti
- Small island located in the Caribbean
- 12th January 2010
- North American plate sliding past the Caribbean Plate at a conservative plate margin
- 7.00 on the Richter scale
- Epicentre 16 miles west of Port-au-Prince
- 316,000 people killed
- 1 million people made homeless
- 250,000 homes destroyed
- 30,000 other buildings, including presidents palace and 60% of government buildings were either destroyed or badly damaged.
- 50 hospitals & 1300 schools were badly damaged
- Airport control tower was badly damaged
- Main prison was destroyed and 4000 inmates escaped
- 1 in 5 people lost their jobs because so many buildings were destroyed
- The large number of deaths meant hospitals & morgues became full so bodies had to be piled up on the streets
- Diseases, especially cholera became a serious problem.
- It was difficult getting aid into the area because of issues at the airport and generally poor management.
- People were squashed into shanty towns or onto the streets because their homes had been destroyed leading to poor sanitation & health. Looting became a real problem.
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