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Magnitude
7MW
Depth and plates involved
13km depth with Caribbean and North American plates (conservative)
Primary effects
230,000 dead, liquefaction and shaking caused 50% buildings collapsed (8 hospitals), 1.5 million homeless
Secondary effects
Cholera killed 8,000, Lawless country, 1/5 clothing jobs lost, 98% rubbles after 6 months
Immediate responses
UN deployed 16,000 personel for law, Uk donated £20 million, 1100 refugee camps, Bottle water/purification tablets to 1.7 million
Long term responses
$11.5 billion reconstruction package, farming reformed to be self sufficient, stricter building codes (poverty hindered), economy away from the city
Vulnerability (negative as no positive)
No warning systems or plans as last event in 18th century, 86% of population in high density slum conditions, epicentre 24km from capital, very poor country with history of corruption