Haiti's Before/AfterMath:
Earthquake/Tsunami :
Facts :
- More Than 400,000 People Are Sill Homeless Three Years After The Haitian Earthquake
- More Than 200,000 Houses Damaged Or Destroyed By The Earthquake , Only 15,000 Had Been Repaired And 5,700 Replaced
- 1.5 Million People Survived The Earthquake in 2010
- On December 23 "The Times" Complains About Money Spent On Tents , Bottled Water , And Other Relief After The Earthquake
- Haiti's Tsunami Killed More Than 200,000 People
- On January 12 Haiti's Earthquake Produced Two 3-Meter Tsunami's (10 Feet)
- The Earthquake Was An 7.0 Magnitude
- Waves Hit 70 Meters Inland , Which Killed A Grandfather And Two Young Grandchildren Who Stopped To Watch
- The Tsunami Also Hit The Dominican Republic Killing Nearly 2,000 People
- One Wave Hit The Shore As Far As 62 Miles Away From The Epicenter
Haiti After The Earthquake :
Seismic Stresses Of Haiti's Earthquake :
- The Haiti Earthquake Was Caused By The Release Of Seismic Stresses That Had Built Up Around Two Tectonic Plates
- The Plates That Caused The Earthquake Was Known As The Strike-Slip Fault , Where To Sections Of Earth's Crust Are Grinding Together In Opposite Directions
- The Caribbean Plate Was Moving Eastward With Respect To The North American Plate
- When Stresses Along An Fault Line Reach A Certain Point They Can Release In Bursts Of Energy Causing An Earthquake
Haiti's Economy After The Earthquake :
- The Haitian Government estimates that 222,570 People Have Died And 300,572 Have Been Injured
- The Haitian Ministry Of Education Estimates That 4,992 Schools Were Affected By The Earthquake -23% Of All Schools In Haiti. Of Those 3,978 - 80% Of The Affected Schools Were Either Damaged Or Destroyed And Were Therefore Closed After The Quake .
- Total Damages And Losses Caused By The Earthquake Were Estimated At US $7.8 Billion
- According To The Government Of Haiti , 60% Of Government , Administrative , And Economic Infrastructure Was Destroyed , As Well As Parliament And Judicial Sector Buildings , Including The Palais De Justice And Numerous Courts .
The Palais De Justice Court
About Haiti :
- President : Michel Martelly (2011)
- Prime Minister : Laurent Lamothe (2012)
- Land area: 10,641 sq mi (27,560 sq km);
- Population (2012 est.): 9,801,664 (growth rate: .888%); birth rate: 23.877/1000; infant mortality rate: 52.44/1000; life expectancy: 62.51
Soldiers Helping Haitians :
Haiti's Aftermath
There Were Thousands Of Dead Bodies Scattered Everywhere .
Children In Haiti
Children Were Very Poor .
Soldiers
Soldiers Came To Help , By Giving Water , Food , And Other Items .
Sources :
- "World Socialist Web Site. " 400,000 Still Homeless Three Years After Haitian Earthquake-.N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Jan. 2013.
- "Haiti Earthquake Produced Deadly Tsunami: Scientific American." Haiti Earthquake Produced Deadly Tsunami: Scientific American. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Jan. 2013.
- Dell'Amore, Christine. "Deadly Tsunami Swarm Hit Haiti After Quake, Experts Say. "National Geographic. National Geographic Society, 23 Feb. 2010. Web. 31 Jan. 2013.