2010 earthquakes

The Haiti earthquake of 2010 was a 7.0Mw. The focus was 13 km deep close by Haiti’s capitol Port Au Prince. It was determined that this was a left lateral fault in association with many strike slip faults in the surrounding areas. This earthquake was part of the Enriquillo Plantain Garden fault zone which causes many strike slip fault earthquakes as it slides part the Caribian plate as well as the North American plate. The epicenter of this earthquake was relatively shallow at 13km, which caused

such as hurricanes, torrential rains, floods and earthquakes. Several natural disasters have plagued the country, destroying everything, and affecting everyone’s health, specifically women’s and children's. These uncontrolled and unexpected events such as Hurricane Matthew and Hurricane Ike have caused spikes in health issues such as cholera, AIDS, unwanted pregnancies and children who lack proper care. On January 12, 2010 a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti originating from a point 25 miles away

Nice post. The earthquake that struck Haiti on January 2010 measured 7.0 on the Richter scale. Approximately 220,000 people died, three hundred thousand were injured and two million people were suddenly made homeless. The earthquake happened in the urban areas and caused most of the buildings to collapse, even the presidential palace and many other government buildings were damaged. Since Haiti being one of the poorest countries has poor quality of buildings which are not at par with seismic codes

The Earthquake struck the country at 4:53 p.m, it was a time that many people were out and about, at school, at work or just outside doing things. It was pure chaos from the moment it struck the overly populated city. There were very few rescues that first evening of the earthquake, and as night fell, residents found themselves in a world of darkness and grief” (Petrou). One of the larger problems with the earthquake was that it destroyed much of it’s government offices and the capital city of Port-au-Prince

the Earth is Cruel written by Leonard Pitts tells us about the terrible Earthquake that happened in Haiti Earthquake in 2010 and how bad it hurt the people living on the island. He also points out the bad things happen all around the world, but it seems that the worst things happen to the poorest of the people. To me I think that we are never given more than we can handle. In 2010 Haiti was hit with a 7.0 Magnitude Earthquake the biggest one on the Earth to that day. Haiti is one of the poorest places

In 2010, Haiti; a Caribbean country located on the island of Hispaniola, suffered a 7.0 magnitude earthquake which left the normally joyous people devastated, and the land, destroyed. Only six years after the paralyzing natural disaster, Hurricane Matthew struck the vulnerable nation plagued by poverty, leaving hundreds dead and “12.9% of the country’s population in need of humanitarian assistance”. Humanitarian assistance. As humans; ready, willing and able to help Haitians in need, public school

On 12 January 2010 Haiti’s capital city, Port-au-Prince, was rocked by a 7.0 earthquake. Being that it is an island with minimal internal support, they have to rely on external sources in the world for help and rebuilding their own infrastructure. While there are numerous governmental and non-governmental organizations to assist, no one is better equipped for immediate worldwide response than the United States Army. We’ll look at the equipment the U.S Army had available and how they employed these

Eberhard, Mooney, & Rix, 2011). Historically, the country has sustained a multitude of natural disasters, including cyclones, hurricanes, tropical storms, and earthquakes. Haiti’s unique geographical location continues to make it vulnerable to disaster; with a massively destructive earthquake recorded in 1564, and numerous earthquakes, cyclones, and hurricanes from 1600’s throughout the 1800’s (averaging 2 to 3 major recorded events per century) (DesRoches, Comerio, Eberhard, Mooney, & Rix, 2011)

In 1972, a devastating 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit in Managua, Nicaragua!!!! The earthquake killed about 10,000 people and leaves about 250,000 people in the streets homeless and hungry. At around the time 12:29 a.m. Saturday afternoon on the date December 23, 1972, an enormous and heartbreaking earthquake of magnitude 6.2 at a depth of about 5 kilometers had stuck underneath the middle of Managua, also known as the capital of Nicaragua. It happened only 60 minutes after the big shock, two decent

the 2010 Haiti Earthquake and 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake. The type of plate boundary for the Haiti Earthquake is a transform plate boundary. However, for the Loma Prieta Earthquake, it is a divergent plate boundary. The tectonic plates that were involved for both were the North American Plates, but the second plates are not the same. The Caribbean plate was the second plate for the Haiti earthquake and Pacific plate was the Loma Prieta earthquake. The depth and magnitude of the earthquake is related