Factors Influencing the scale of Impact (Haiti Earthquake)
percival kapanje
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[Put 9 key factors in the boxes, with the most important towards the top. You can then use this box to explain why you put them where you did!].
The epicenter of the earthquake was just 25km from the capital city Port au Prince
Port au Prince has a population of 1.2 million with up to 2.5 million living in its metropolitan region
The earthquake was 7 on the richter scale but did not cause any signifant ground rupture or slippage along the fault
90% of the buildings in Léogâne, the town on the epicenter were destroyed. More 280000 homes and building were destroyed in Port au Prince
Building design and materials are of the poorert quality and prone to collapse
Some buildings were built on slopes with insufficient foundations or steel works
Conditions after the earthquake were horrendous. Hospital were overwhelmed, people were on the streets. makeshift camps were overcrowded.
There appeared to be no emergency plan. Mayor Jean-Yves Jason said that officials argued for hours about what to do with the volume of corpses.
Conditions following the earthquake were so bad that dysentry and cholera spread among the population
