Haiti EQ 2010
- Created by: Megan
- Created on: 31-05-15 11:23
Fullscreen
- North American plate sliding past Caribbean plate - conservative margin
- Magnitude - 7.0 (moment magnitude scale)
- Epicentre 25km west of Port-au-Prince
- Shallow quake - focus - 13km - deeper quakes would dissipate before surface
- 12th January 2010
- Poorest country in Western Hemisphere - GDP per capita $1300
- 80% population in poverty
- Poor education - literacy rate 53%
- Relied on aid for 30% of GDP
- 1 doctor per 4000 people
- Previous political instability hampered…
Comments
No comments have yet been made