LEDC earthquake CS

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Created on: 15-01-17 14:07


	LEDC earthquake CS
	Causes Destructive plate margin Major fault line between Caribbean and North American plates.	Effects Primary 220,000 killed, 300,000 people injured (s) Police force collapsed. Government buildings destructed. 8 hospitals/health centres collapsed/ badly damaged. dead bodies in street creating health hazard. Buried in mass graves. Main port badly damaged. Large number of after shocks after main earthquake Secondary - Displaced people. Outbreaks of cholera over 2 million Haitians left without food and water Dependant on overseas. - money for large scale infrastructure Water supply polluted
	Overall summary Port-au-Prince had never had an earthquake before 12th January 2010. Epicentre 25km from Port-au-Prince. Focus was 13km underground. Measured 7.0 on Richter scale. Weren't prepared in 2010 and the houses weren't built to withstand. Responses - immediate, bottled water and water purification tablets were supplied to survivors. Food aid cluster set up to feed 2 million people.Long term - debris cleared by American engineers and diving teams. USA sent ships, helicopters, 10,000 troops and $100million in aid.

LEDC earthquake CS

Causes

Destructive plate margin
Major fault line between Caribbean and North American plates.

Effects

Primary
220,000 killed, 300,000 people injured (s)
Police force collapsed. Government buildings destructed. 8 hospitals/health centres collapsed/ badly damaged.
dead bodies in street creating health hazard. Buried in mass graves.
Main port badly damaged.
Large number of after shocks after main earthquake
Secondary -
Displaced people.
Outbreaks of cholera
over 2 million Haitians left without food and water
Dependant on overseas. - money for large scale infrastructure
Water supply polluted

Overall summary

Port-au-Prince had never had an earthquake before 12th January 2010. Epicentre 25km from Port-au-Prince. Focus was 13km underground. Measured 7.0 on Richter scale. Weren't prepared in 2010 and the houses weren't built to withstand. Responses - immediate, bottled water and water purification tablets were supplied to survivors. Food aid cluster set up to feed 2 million people.Long term - debris cleared by American engineers and diving teams. USA sent ships, helicopters, 10,000 troops and $100million in aid.

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LEDC earthquake CS