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    The 2010 Haiti earthquake caused widespread damage and loss of life. It struck near the densely populated capital of Port-au-Prince, measuring 7.0 Mw with 52 aftershocks over 4.5 Mw. Over 3 million people were affected, with the government reporting 220,000-316,000 deaths and 300,000 injuries. The UN estimated 220,000 deaths. Critical infrastructure like the port and airport were damaged, slowing aid delivery to the 1 million left homeless and 2 million without water or food. The earthquake exposed Haiti's vulnerabilities as the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere with widespread poverty, poor housing, and high population density in urban areas.

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    The 2010 Haiti earthquake caused widespread damage and loss of life. It struck near the densely populated capital of Port-au-Prince, measuring 7.0 Mw with 52 aftershocks over 4.5 Mw. Over 3 million people were affected, with the government reporting 220,000-316,000 deaths and 300,000 injuries. The UN estimated 220,000 deaths. Critical infrastructure like the port and airport were damaged, slowing aid delivery to the 1 million left homeless and 2 million without water or food. The earthquake exposed Haiti's vulnerabilities as the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere with widespread poverty, poor housing, and high population density in urban areas.

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    The 2010 Haiti earthquake caused widespread damage and loss of life. It struck near the densely populated capital of Port-au-Prince, measuring 7.0 Mw with 52 aftershocks over 4.5 Mw. Over 3 million people were affected, with the government reporting 220,000-316,000 deaths and 300,000 injuries. The UN estimated 220,000 deaths. Critical infrastructure like the port and airport were damaged, slowing aid delivery to the 1 million left homeless and 2 million without water or food. The earthquake exposed Haiti's vulnerabilities as the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere with widespread poverty, poor housing, and high population density in urban areas.

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    Example: Characteristics Impacts: socio-economic/ env (ST/ LT + - ) Vulnerability / resilience / Responses ST / LT

    Volc / EQ / tsunami Hazard profile governance (different players?)

    Name: Haiti – poorest country in western Speed of onset: socio-economic: Inequalities (education / ST
    hemisphere Rapid -3 million people effected housing / health care / income -port was damaged, so aid was slow to
    -220,000-316,000 dead according to government opps): arrive
    Location: 25km/16m from Port-au-Prince (capital) -UN estimated 220,000 dead -poorest country in western - USA sent rescue team and 10,000
    Near town of Léogáne, Ouest Areal extent: -300,000 injured hemisphere troops
    All of Haiti -30,000 commercial buildings collapsed or damaged -poor housing quality -bottled water + purification tablets
    Date: Tuesday 12 Jan 2010 -1,000,000 homeless -3 million people lived in slums provided
    Time: 16:53 (21:53) -2 million left without water and food due to rapid urbanisation -235,000 people moved from Port-au-
    Duration: -regular power cuts Prince to less-damaged cities
    Plates: Caribbean and North America 35 seconds -crime increases – looting + sexual violence escalated -£20 million donated by UK
    (convergent) -people moved to temporary shelters
    -by November 2010 cholera outbroke
    Developed / emerging / developing Frequency: -presidential palace destroyed in PaP LT
    often -main jail destroyed -new homes built to higher standards
    15-20 powerful Geographical factors (pop -over 1 million people were still
    ones each year Environmental: density / isolation homeless a year later
    Magnitude / intensity: 7.0 Mw -landslides destroyed natural landscape and blocked off /accessibility / urbanisation: -port rebuilt, required large investments
    52 aftershocks @ 4.5 Mw or above Spatial rural areas -shallow depth
    predictability: -EQ triggered flooding in coastal areas due to tidal waves -struck highest pop’ density area
    Scale: local / regional / national / international / -only had 1 airport with 1
    global runway with control tower
    being damaged
    Megadisaster? Yes / no -port damaged

    Primary hazards:
    -3 million people effected Physical factors and context:
    -220,000-316,000 dead according to government
    -UN estimated 220,000 dead
    -300,000 injured
    Secondary hazards:
    -52 aftershocks @ 4.5 Mw or above
    -aid stacked up at airport, due to lack of
    distributors
    -took ages for water/food + not enough
    -rescue team took 48 hours, due to airport

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