Theme: Love thy neighbour.

How can we help those people

in need?
 Haiti Earthquake.

Aim – to be introduced to the

Haiti earthquake and what
happened.
 Haiti hit by earthquake.
• A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti at about
5pm on January 12th 2010, toppling buildings in and
around the capital, Port-au-Prince. It was the worst
earthquake to hit the island in 200 years
• The quake, which struck about 15km (10 miles)
south-west of Port-au-Prince, was quickly followed
by two strong aftershocks of 5.9 and 5.5
magnitude.
• The tremor hit at 1653 (2153 GMT), the US
Geological Survey said. Phone lines to the country
failed shortly afterwards.
A poor neighbourhood shows the damage after an earthquake measuring 7
plus on the Richter scale rocked Port au Prince Haiti just before 5 pm on
January 12, 2010
Who was affected by the earthquake?
• UPDATE 1 - Saturday, 16 January 2010: "We have
already collected around 50,000 dead bodies," Paul Antoine
Bien-Aime, Haiti's interior minister. "We anticipate there
will be between 100,000 and 200,000 dead in total, although
we will never know the exact number." 
• UPDATE 2 - Monday, 18 January 2010: The leading US
general in Haiti has said it is a "reasonable assumption" that
up to 200,000 people may have died. Rescuers pulled more
people alive from the rubble at the weekend, but at least
70,000 people have already had burials.
• UPDATE 3 - Wednesday, 10 February 2010: Haiti's
government says around 230,000 people died in last month's
earthquake, 18,000 more than its previous estimate. The toll
from the 12 January quake is approaching that of the 2004
Asian tsunami, which killed 250,000 people.
Videos
 Where is Haiti?
Describe the location of Haiti.
What caused the earthquake to happen?
 Sorting Activity.
• Sort the causes of the Haiti
earthquake and the effects of the
earthquake.
Causes and effects summary.
• Write 2 txt msgs.
• 1 about the causes
of the eq.
• 1 about the
effects of the eq.
• U have only 160
spaces per msg.