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Haiti Earthquake (Effects (The survivors had nowhere to go as the…
Haiti Earthquake
Effects
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There was an acute shortage of drinking water. The water supply system, which before the disaster only provided 40 per cent of the population of Port - au - Prince with clean water, had effectively collapsed.
Mass graves were commissioned, holding up to 7000 corpses each. The remaining bodies, which could not be buried, were used as a road block to protest against the lack of aid.
Causes
The conservative plate boundary between the Caribbean and North American plates runs right through Haiti.
These two plates constantly slide past one another, at about 2cm per year, with the Caribbean plate moving eastward with respect to the North American plate.
The focus of the Haiti quake was 10km below the Earth's surface. This is very shallow, so the energy that was released was very close to the surface and caused violent ground shaking.
Facts
The quake struck at 4.53p.m. on the 12th January, 2010.
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