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Hati earthquake
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As of Feb. 12, an estimated three million people were affected by the quake
between 217,000 and 230,000 people had been identified as dead
an estimated 300,000 injured
an estimated 1,000,000 homeless
estimated that 250,000 residences and 30,000 commercial buildings had collapsed or were severely damaged
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Haiti only has one airport with one runway. The control tower was badly damaged in the earthquake. The port is also unusable due to damage.
Rescue teams from around the world took up to 48 hours to arrive in Haiti due to the problems at the airport. Local people have had to use their bare hands to try and dig people out of the rubble.
There has been a severe shortage of doctors and many people have died of injuries such as broken limbs
why
Haiti is situated to the north of the Caribbean Plate, on a transform plate boundary with the North American Plate.
The North American plate is moving west. 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.
The epicenter of the earthquake was 16km south west of Port-Au-Prince. The earthquake was caused by a slip along an existing fault in this area
where
The earthquake occurred 18.457°N, 72.533°W. The focus of the earthquake was 13km below the surface of the earth.
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