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HAITI EARTHQUAK
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List of disasters in Haiti
• 2010- 7.0 in magnitude earthquake• 1984- 6.7 in Richter scale• 1946-tsunami• 1843- 10,000 died• 1751-earthquake• 1770-earthquake• 2008-Tropical storm Fay
2010 HAITI EARTHQUAKE
o Date : 16:53:10,12 JAN 2010 21:53:10,12 JAN 2010o Magnitude : 7.0 Mwo Depth : 13 kmo Epicenter location: Leogane,25 km west of Port au Prince-capital
of Haitio Regions affected : Haiti ,Dominican Republic,
Cuba ,The Bahamas ,Jamaicao Casualties : Burials-70,000 estimated death-3,0,0000
MASSIVE DEVASTATION
o United States Geological Survey -33 after shocks of which 14 with magnitude 5.0 and 5.9
o Notable landmarks destroyed including …presidential palace
…the National Assembly Building … Port au Prince Cathedral, main jail. …Head quarters of United Nations
Stabilization Mission
Conditions in the aftermath
o People slept in the streets losing their family and home
o Trucks collecting thousands and thousands of bodies to bury in mass graves
o Due to heat and humidity smell of bodies hangs on air
Humanitarian response
• Humanitarian aid was given by International Red Cross ,the salvation army, US troops
• MINUSTAH troops landed the MH-53E largest helicopter type operated by US• International Committee of Red Cross set up new websites to facilitate family contacts
HEART BREAKING INCIDENTS
o Orphans
o Burial workers
o Search for people with life with dogs
o 5 year old baby rescued after one week
o Aftershocks -5.9 magnitude caused people to die due to heart attacks
RECOVERY
o Haitians felt water was safer than land following numerous attacks
o Some websites like world vision and compassion links provide ways for donation
o Barack Obama stated that Bill Clinton and George Bush to co-ordinate the funds Haiti’s recovery
o Hillary Clinton-stated that $48 million has been already raised by US
Casualties
o Estimate of no of death increased to45,000 shortly and then to 2,50,000 after six days
o Experts caution that any death toll will be a ‘guesstimate’ as the scale makes accurate toll impossible
o Three year old baby was taken alive after a week pulled out from the rubble
o Brazilian paediatrician and Nobel peace prize nominee Zilda Arns and many public figures died