earthquake case studies

primary impacts of Haiti 2010

• 220,000 - 300,000 died, 300,000 injured.

• 1.5 million left homeless and had to live in tents.

• infrastructure was damaged including roads, hospitals, transports.

secondary impacts of Haiti 2010

• 1 in 5 jobs were lost due to businesses and buildings were destroyed.

• Overcrowding of tents led to diseases being spread easily from poor sanitation - 10,000 died from cholera.

• $13.5 billion to repair.

immediate responses of Haiti 2010

• First aid to 11,000 people.

• $13.5 billion in Humanitarian aid, and the US sent soldiers for search and rescue.

• 60,000 families got food kits, and 6,000 families received temporary shelter materials.

long term responses of Haiti 2010

• Improved water supplies for 340,000 people and providing free medical care.

• $1.1 billion but only 2% released due to corruption.

• Attempts at educating people, including literacy classes for 60,000 vulnerable women.

primary impacts of Japan 2011

• 22,000 deaths or missing.

• Infrastructure damaged: 330,000 buildings, 2,000 roads and 11 hospitals.

• 164,000 homes lost electricity, and 170,000 homes lost water supplies.

secondary impacts of Japan 2011

• Caused a 38.9m tsunami.

• $34.6 billion in insurance costs and total cost being $235 billion.

• 9m wave flooded Fukushima power plant causing a nuclear crisis.

immediate responses of Japan 2011

• Only 58% of people in coastal areas followed tsunami warnings.

• Firefighters and rescue teams deployed immediately to search and rescue.

• Medical stations set up to treat the injured.

long term responses of Japan 2011

• Settlements built for 20,000 residents, who loved in damaged city areas.

• Most of the city was rebuilt through some delays.

• Investigations to discover why many buildings collapsed.