Haiti Case Study

Question 1

Which plates caused the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 1

Th Caribbean and North American plates

Question 2

What kind of plate boundary was the Haiti earthquake caused

by?

Answer 2

Conservative

Question 3

What magnitude was the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 3

7.0

Question 4

What date and time did the Haiti earthquake strike on?

Answer 4

12th January 2010 at 16:53 local time

Question 5

How deep was the focus of the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 5

13km

Question 6

Where was the epicentre of the earthquake located?

Answer 6

16km south east of Port au Prince

Question 7

What was the name of the fault which caused the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 7

Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault

Question 8

How long did the tremors last for in the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 8

1 minute

Question 9

How many people were affected by the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 9

3 million

Question 10

How many people were killed in the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 10

230,000

Question 11

How many people were injured in the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 11

300,000

Question 12

How many people were made homeless by the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 12

1 million

Question 13

How many residences and commercial buildings were destroyed in the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 13

250,000

30,000

Question 14

Name some specific types of buildings which were hit by the Haiti earthquake.

Answer 14

Schools
Hospitals
UN hq 
World bank hq 
Government buildings

Question 15

What factors made the capital of Port au Prince hard to reach?

Answer 15

The destruction of virtually all infrastructure

The Port was hit badly making it difficult for ships to bring in aid

Question 16

What were the secondary effects of the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 16

1. Spread of fires
2. Spread of diseases due to poor living conditions and a lack of sanitation (cholera was a main disease)
3. Shortages of both food and water
4. A small local tsunami
5. 1/5 of all jobs were lost

Question 17

How many aftershocks were there in the 12 days following the Haiti earthquake and what was the strongest one?

Answer 17

52 with the strongest being M5.9

Question 18

Factors which made the Haiti earthquake deadly (9)

Answer 18

1. Shallow focus
2. Struck close to a densely populated area
3. Poorest country in the Western Hemisphere
4. Poor building standard, didn’t conform o building codes
5. Many people living in slum conditions in Port au Prince after rapid urbanisation
6. Only airport (1 runway) in Haiti’s control tower was badly damaged. The Port was unusable
7. Aid began to pile up at the airport with so few people to distribute it
8. Rescue teams took 48 hours to arrive due to airport issues, locals dug for survivors with their bare hands
9. Shortage of doctors, people died from preventable causes e.g. Broken limbs

Question 19

Which country was the first to respond to the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 19

The neighbouring Dominican Republic

Question 20

How many tents were sent to Haiti?

Answer 20

23,000- set up outside the zone of destruction as a focus location for I’d and sanitation

Question 21

What did people do as a response to the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 21

1. Dig for survivors with their bare hands

2. Grieve for loved ones

Question 22

Who wrote off Haiti’s debt?

Answer 22

The G8 countries

Question 23

Where is there an attempt to stop construction in Haiti?

Answer 23

In high risk areas

Question 24

How will areas need to rebuilt in Haiti?

Answer 24

From scratch

Question 25

What type of buildings are there pressure to construct in Haiti?

Answer 25

‘Life safe’ buildings

Question 26

What have many people done due to the Haiti earthquake? (Longer term)

Answer 26

Returned to rural areas