Name: ___Ghania____

Disaster: ___Haiti Earthquake 2010____

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Where? (Where did

the disaster take place?
What areas were
affected?)

West Indian island of Hispaniola

Comprising Haiti and Dominican republic
Haiti severely affected=western third of island
Shocks felts through Haiti, Dominican Republic, parts
of Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
Port au prince located on gulf of Gonave
South of Jacmel
West of Laogane

Sources:
"Haiti Earthquake of 2010." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia
Britannica, n.d. Web. 29 Feb. 2016. <http://www.britannica.com/event/Haitiearthquake-of-2010>.

When? (When did

this disaster occur?)

January 12 2010
4:53 pm
25km southwest of Haitian capital

Sources:
Pallardy, R. (n.d.). Haiti earthquake of 2010. Retrieved February 29,
2016, from http://www.britannica.com/event/Haiti-earthquake-of2010

Causes? (What
caused this disaster?
Consider both human and
natural causes)

blamed movement on Caribbean tectonic plate

But no surface deformation was observed
Earthquake generated by constructional deformation
along Leogane fault
small hidden thrust discovered underneath city of
Leogane
Fault cannot be observed at surface
Fault descends northward at oblique angle away
from EPG fault system
Earthquake resulted=slippage of rock upward across
plane of fracture
fault runs through
along boundary between Caribbean and North
American plates
plates creep past one another( 0.8 inches a year)
historical big ones in 1860, 1770, 1761
link between major earthquake events
rapid soil erosion caused by deforestation
man-made climate change
Haiti along path of hurricanes in the Caribbean Sea
suffers from extreme deforestation= soil erosion

Sources:
Pallardy, R. (n.d.). Haiti earthquake of 2010. Retrieved February 29,
2016, from http://www.britannica.com/event/Haiti-earthquake-of2010

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Effects? (What
effects did this disaster
have on people, resources,
economy, environment
etc?)

Disaster: ___Haiti Earthquake 2010____

People-

3,500,000 people affected

220,000 died
300,000+ injured
1.5m people homeless
Killing/trapping people
Looting in early days
Escape of several prisoners
Survivors forced to wait days for treatment
Death of many UN officials
Morgues reaching capacity
Corps stacked on streets
Orphans left vulnerable to abuse and human
trafficking
People remained in tents/camps
Little opportunity in employment
70% people living on less than per day
86% people in Port au Prince living in slum
conditions
80% education provided in poor-quality private
schools
Half people in Port-au-Prince no access to latrines
one-third has access to tap water
Buildings 188,383 houses damaged
105,000 destroyed
19 million cubic meters of rubble
4,000 schools destroyed/damaged
60% of Government and administrative buildings
80% of schools
60% of schools in South and West Departments
destroyed/ damaged
600,000 people left their home
1.4 million people living in camps
Cathedral, National Palace ,UN Nation headquarters,
National Penitentiary, Parliament=damaged
Buildings collapse=Haitis lack of building codes
Hospitals=unusable
Lack of building codes
Other Effects Absences of medical staff and supplies
Shortage of heavy lifting equipment
Loss of communication lines, roads blocked
Economy damage worth of $8.7 billion
30,000 commercial buildings collapsed= business
workers empty handed
Big industries damaged =clothing industry
no choice but to abandoned their businesses
rebuild t business
not enough jobs = not enough people = not enough
taxes = even more money loss on Haitis behalf
Government buildings, airports and loading docks
damaged
trade restricted
Two years later Half rubble cleared
more than half million people in tents

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Disaster: ___Haiti Earthquake 2010____

Number dropped to 360,000 by third anniversary=

to Canadian sponsored program
Capital remained without power
Less than 1/3 population employed
Damaged crops=superstorm in Oct 2012
Cholera Surface
Oct 2010
At Artibonit River
Longest on island
Source of drinking water
Contaminated by fiscal matter from south Asian
cholera bacteria
Epidemic reached tent
By 2015 sickened 730,000
Fatal=8,900
aid response challenges = cholera in October 2010
July 2011= 5,899 died and 216,000 infected
Sources:
Haiti Earthquake Facts and Figures. (2015). Retrieved February 28,
2016, from http://www.dec.org.uk/articles/haiti-earthquake-factsand-figures

Response? (What
was the response to the
disaster? Think locally,
Nationally and
Internationally)

Efforts for international aid hampered=failure of

electrical power system
Week later quake=little aid reached beyond Port au
Prince
Week after=supplies distributed in urban areas
US military withdrawn by second week of march
UN=Bill Clinton assigned task of aid
In June 2015 red cross criticized on lack of
transparency on how funds been allocated and
failure on reconstruction goals
Donations via text
Wyclef Jean(Haitian, American rapper) hosted show
in New York and George Cooloney (American Actor)
hosted show in LA=raised $60 million
Haitis Debt cancelled
Operation to rescue ceased two weeks in crises
World Bank=$100 million in aid
Barack Obama promised $100 million
U.S help adoption of Haitian children
Process slowed down by Haitian
government=ensure if children have living relatives
European Commissions=$4.37
South Korea=$1 million
Japan=$5 million and $330,00 worth of tents and
blankets
China=10 tons of food, equipment, medicine
Beijing= SAR team equipped, $1 million
India=$1 million
Australia=$9.3 million aid package
Brazil= aircraft water, food, medicine, equipment,
search and rescue team
Israel= two plane with aid, rescue staff of 240,40
doctors and nurses to set up field hospital serving
500 people a day
Countries computer network=unaffected
Used media to connect with those who got
separated by earthquake
Also used to search info on those missing
springs rainy and summers

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Disaster: ___Haiti Earthquake 2010____

hurricane=reconstruction efforts=little progress

People remained in tents/camps
Little opportunity in employment
Two years later Half rubble cleared
more than half million people in tents
Number dropped to 360,000 by third
anniversary=due to Canadian sponsored program
Cholera Surface Nov 2011 organizations claimed UN to take
responsibility for outbreak, install new water, waste
management systems
Dec 2012 UN announced fund program to get rid of
cholera in Hispaniola by vaccination measures
Now $13.34 billion by international agencies for 20102020
$4 billion by U.S. Government
UN UN donor conference=$9.9 billion
$10 million from emergency fund
Canada Evacuated 4,620 Canadian citizens from 49 flights
from Haiti
On the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission and Haiti
Reconstruction Fund
At international donors conference at new York on
march 31=pledged $400 million
Ongoing development assistance over $1 billion
from 2006-2012
Canadian ministry of international cooperation=$50
million
Canadian Forces(CF) 2000 personnel from Army, Navy and Air Force
provide search/recue, medical care, humanitarian
assistance
food, water delivery
security
engineering services
1.5 million meals
2.6 million liters of water
Medical care to 22,000 people
Canadian International Development Agency(CIDA) Gave $150.15 million
Food to 4.3 million people
Water to 1.2 million people
Emergency shelter to 3700000
Relief supplies to 2.2 million people
Medical care to 90% individuals of Port au Prince
Canadian Red Cross 14 400 tons of supply
Five million people supported
2.5 million liters water
Health care for 230,000
Build 7,500 homes in Jacmel, Laogane
Rent money for 2029 displaced families
2,300 people treated for Cholera
Health Care program for five year=build hospitals
Training professionals and local
community workers

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Disaster: ___Haiti Earthquake 2010____

Build
health centers
Health care
education center
World Vision Jan 2010-Oct 2012
2.5 million people got food
Shelter for 40,000 families
Reunited 1,000 children with their families
Equipped 14 hospitals=treat 412,500 cases of injury
and illness
Local Little help from Haitian government
Haiti has many debts and cant afford aid
No medical service
No water
Even before more than half Haitians living on $1 a
day
Songs Kanaan(Canadian Artist for Haiti)=Wavin Flag raised
$1 million dollars
We are the world for Haiti
Sources:
Haiti Earthquake Fast Facts. (n.d.). Retrieved February 28, 2016,
from http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/12/world/haiti-earthquake-fastfacts
Canadas Response to the Devastating Earthquake. (n.d.).
Retrieved February 27, 2016, from
http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/haiti/engagement/earthquakeseisme.aspx?lang=eng
Haiti Earthquake. (n.d.). Retrieved February 26, 2016, from
https://www.worldvision.ca/ourwork/Our-Stories/Pages/HaitiEarthquake-Three-Years-Later.aspx
Haiti earthquake: The nations that are stepping up to help. (n.d.).
Retrieved February 27, 2016, from
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2010/0114/Haitiearthquake-The-nations-that-are-stepping-up-to-help
How has the Canadian Red Cross response helped Haiti since
2010? - Canadian Red Cross. (n.d.). Retrieved February 26, 2016,
from http://www.redcross.ca/about-us/red-cross-stories/2013/howhas-the-canadian-red-cross-response-helped-haiti-since-2010

Haiti earthquake: Angry crowds bemoan lack of government

response. (n.d.). Retrieved February 28, 2016, from
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2010/0117/Haitiearthquake-Angry-crowds-bemoan-lack-of-government-response

Other? (any other

interesting or unique
information regarding your
chosen disaster)

About Earthquake

Earthquake hit at 4:53 pm at 25km southwest of the

Haitian capital Port au Prince
Magnitude of 7.0
Two aftershocks of 5.9 and 5.5
More aftershocks after=5.9 struck on Jan 20 at Petit
Goave (55 km west of Port au Prince)
145th of 169 countries in UN Human Development
Index lowest in Western Hemisphere
City unprepared due to two tropical storms, two

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Disaster: ___Haiti Earthquake 2010____

hurricanes in Aug-Sept 2008

Wavin Flag- https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=nB7L1BIDELc
We are the World- https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Glny4jSciVI