Haiti Earthquake 2010

when did it hit

Janaury 12th 2010, 4:53pm

magnitude of the earthquake

7.8mw

slip along

40km section of enriquillo fault

How far away from Port Au Prince was the epicentre

25km

how deep was the focus?

12km

how long did shaking last

12-14 seocnds a

aftershocks of 5mw were

6mins and 20mins after tot

how may aftershocks below 4mw

51

Haiti has no

seismeic netwrok to recall earhtquak eevents

How many govt buldings in PAP destroyed

21/22

how many deaths

316,000

how many dsplaced (homes and bulidings)

1.5m 300,00 buildings and 30,000 commerical buildings

ten years later in 202 there are still

30,000 in displcaement cmaps

Haiti was extremely vulnerable prior to erthquakes, what proprtionw/o fresh water ccess

51%

literqcy rates were

amongs the worst in the world

houses and buldings destoryed bult on

steep slopes prone to landslides in extermely poor region

why is haiti so poor

1947 only jus tpayed 21bn dollars of slave debt to France

why farmers bankrupt

trade deals removed tarrifs on heavily subsided US rice

Economy has hardly recovered What proprtion of GDP are remittances

25%

What proprtiom of gdp is financial aid?m

20%

what was montioring lik eprio?

no monitoring systems

why no EQmonitroing

limited reosurces much more focussed towards hurricanes

USGS and USAID SUPPORTED meaninnow

15 seismic stations

Issue with seismic stations is that they are not

Erthquake reistant facilities, and dont have 24 hour teams

Progress with hazard maps,…

some for liquiefaction, identifying softer sediments

VS Japan,

no child education programme

what else is there no

disaster risk managment plan

most presing problem is

instability of staee, limits ability to enforce eathquak reistant building designs

how many govt approved bulding codes?

none

since 2010, long term plans hindered by

different presidents and 7 prime minsters

Bureau of Minesand Energy severely underufned

only 600,000 0.04% of GDP

NGOS are crucial to mitigate against loss but

very limtied

limited by

lack of coordiantion, trnapsarecy, failure to deliver long term sustianable improvements

How much did american red cross raise

$486m

depsite promise of involvment how much of aid given to govt and how much to local ngos

1% gvt, o.4% LOCAL ngos

how many homes built 130 miles from PAP vs promised 8 miles

750/900 out of the promised 15,000 homes

average cost of home projected to be

8,000 but actually 77,000

what proprtion of moeny raised by charities hasnt been spent

2/3rds of billions of dollars