Haiti- LIC 3.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? GeographyPlate tectonicsA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Amber clarkeCreated on: 14-06-15 15:43 Background 12th January 2010 Measured at a mignitude 7 Low quality control on buildings Plate boundary of the North American and Caribbean 1 of 6 Causes Sits on a strike-slip fault friction builds and is then realeased in teh form of an earthquake The foucs was 13km from teh surface Epicentre was 24km from capital city since 1751 the plates have been moving 7mm per year 2 of 6 Primary Effects 250,00 killed due to buildings collapsing Port au prince was flattened in 60 seconds side ways spreading of the land caused it to slump in some areas Landscape changed- Corals pushed up in the North and the farmland sunk into the sea in teh South A localised tsunami killed 7 people 1.2 million homeless 3 of 6 Secondary Effects Strong aftershocks including a mignitude 6 on the 20th January Loss of hundreds of civil servents so the goverentment was crippled one year later Cholera killed over 1500 people the main prision was destroyed so prisioners escaped 1.5 million where still homeless a year later Food prices rose so know one could afford this basic necessity 4 of 6 Immediate Responses International search and rescue teams arrived yet struggled with the dence and congested enviroment local people pulled out survivors and cleared roads. The US military took over the peir and opened a port UN troops helped to establish law and security there where rapid structural assesments of buildings 591 make shift camps emergency services where established bottled water and purification tablets were given out the UN sent food and farmers where aided in planting new crops 5 of 6 Long-term Responses The single Haiti fund of $11.5bn as a reconstruction package the farming sector was reformed to encourage self-sufficency focus on folllow up care especially mental care Economic activities moved to less earthquake prone areas of the country Buildings such as schols and government offices where built to a higher atanderd by the local people the slum where re-built away from high risk areas 6 of 6
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