The Pacific plate was pushed under the Eurasian plate.
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What magnitude was the earthquake?
Around 7.3
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What primary effects occurred as a result of the earthquake?
- 5000+ deaths
- 100,000+ building destroyed (mostly wooden)
- The port was on soft rock which destroyed
many buildings
- Roads and raised motorways damaged
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What secondary effects occurred as a result of
the earthquake?
- 300,000 homeless
- Earthquake occurred in the morning when
most people were cooking breakfast so
300+ occurred.
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What immediate responses occurred as a result
of the earthquake?
- Japan rejected international help and repaired the areas themselves
- People were evacuated before and rations were supplied
- Rescue teams helped search for people for 10 days.
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What long-term responses occurred as a
result of the earthquake?
- By August 1995, all water, gas, electricity and telephone systems had been repaired.
- 1 year after, 80% of port was fully working.
- 1999, 134,000 new housing units (some still in temporary)
- New laws made to make earthquake proof buildings
- New eart
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HAITI EARTHQUAKE
HAITI EARTHQUAKE
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Where is Haiti?
The Caribbean
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Is Haiti a HIC or LIC?
LIC
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What area of Haiti was on the fault line?
The capital- Port Au Prince
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What plate boundary did the earthquake occur on?
Conservative
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What happened at the conservative plate boundary?
North American Plate jolted on Caribbean Plate.
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What date did the earthquake happen?
January 2010
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What magnitude was the Haiti earthquake?
About 7.3
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What primary effects occurred as a result of the earthquake?
- 316,000 dead
- Lack of earthquake buildings so many buildings collapsed and were destroyed.
- The port, major roads, communication links damaged completely.
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What secondary effects occurred as a result of the earthquake?
- 1,000,000+ homeless
- In 2011, people were still in temporary buildings.
- 1 in 5 jobs lost
- Rubble blocked roads and rail links
- Sea levels changed
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What immediate responses occurred as a result
of the earthquake?
- Countries provided aid and medical teams
- Mass graves were made because ten of thousands of bodies were found
- Looting and violence occurred as people became impatient
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What long-term responses occurred as a result
of the earthquake?
- EU gave $330 million and the World Bank waived debts for 5 years.
- 6 months after, 98% of rubble was still uncleared
- Dominican Republic offered support and accepted refugees
- 1.6 million people in relief camps
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