haiti earthquake 2010

About

Residents believe that Haiti is a woman and if they do wrong she punishes them with earthquakes
In Caribbean Sea

Hazard

16:53 (pm) so people out and about- more likely to be affected
25km west of port au prince (capital)
7mm or richter scale
Conservaitve boundary
Deep focus- 13km

Impact

220,000 deaths
1 million homeless
88,000 buildings destroyed
$11.5 billion in damages

Place

Unconsolidated geology
Hazard peception- fatalistic- voodooism
Densley packed, informal settlement
Poorest in western hemisphere
Corrupt government
High poverty
Steep terrain