1. Haiti Earthquake - January 2010Why did so many people die? http://www.dec.org.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=412
2. TASK 1. Shade in and name Haiti & The Dominican Republic 2. Highlight the conservative plate boundary 3. Add a title
3. Haiti Earthquake January 2010 Haiti – background Haiti is in the Caribbean and is the western third of the island of Hispaniola – joined by the Dominican Republic Has a population of 9 million people Port-au-Prince is the capital with a population of 3.5 million It is the poorest country in the western world – more than half the population live on less than $1 a day
4. Why did it happen?Causes: Haiti is situated along the boundary between the Caribbean and North American plates These two plates move at about 20 mm a year, with the Caribbean plate moving eastward while the North American plate moving west. It is a conservative plate boundary. This movement is not smooth and there is friction between the North American Plate and the Caribbean Plate. Pressure builds between the two plates until it is released as an earthquake.
5. What happened – the facts On Tuesday, Jan 12th 2010 at 4:53p.m local time a magnitude 7 earthquake hit Haiti. The epicentre was 25km SW of Port au Prince, Haiti’s capital. The focus was very shallow only 13 km deep. By 24 January there had been at least 52 aftershocks measuring 4.5 or greater on the Richter scale
6. THE FACTS 300,000 had been injured 1.5 million made homeless 200,000 homes destroyed 220,000 people died 500 schools destroyed
