haiti EARTHQUAKE 2021
JNB GEOGRAPHY12 PROJECT
Students: Edward , Leah , Nicholas Chan, Thi To Nga. Date: September 22, 2022
Historic Information
Haiti is renown for slavery, revolution, debt, deforestation and corruption. It is renown for being a poverty ridden state, overcrowding, no infrastructure, environmental disaster and large areas without rules & Regulation.
Land Scenery of Haiti
Land scenery of Haiti:
- Haiti is one of the most beautiful countries in the Caribbean
- misty mountain tops
- turquoise waters
- best known for The Citadelle Laferriere, a magnificent mountaintop fortress originally built after Haiti gained independence, in order to provide protection against French Invasion.
What's happening in Haiti?
Even before the earthquake, Haiti was facing multiple crises
- Growing political instability
- Growing gang-related violence and insecurity
- Civil unrest
rising food insecurity
- Malnutrition
- All of these challenges were further exacerbated by COVID-19.
01.
Basic CHARACTERISTICS of the EARTHQUAKE
The type of fault line: Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone (strike-slip fault) Magnitude:
- 7.2 earthquake on Richter Scale
- The seismic wave of 7.2 magnitude was measured by a seismograph.
The type of stress:
- The loading tension of another fault segment which can precipitate the rupture of a new earthquake.
02. basic CHARACTERISTICS of EARTHQUAKE
WHERE is the epicenter ?
the type of BOUNDARY :
- Geologists discovered that
- Haiti is between the North American Plate to the north and the Caribbean Plate to the south (transform boundary)
- Near Petit-Trou-de-Nippes west of the capital, Port-au-Prince
02.Destruction and Loss
- 2200+ death, 13000+ casualties. 329 missing
- 130,000 houses collapsed, 60 health facilities were destroyed
- US 1.6 billion of economic lost
03.BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE
DURING :
AFTER :
BEFORE:
- Tsunami warnings
- Ground liquefaction
- Landslides on the Tiburon Peninsula
- Heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Grace
- Haiti 2010, severe damage (316,000 casualties)
- Built up tension between the 2 plates (North American and Caribbean Plates)
- At least 900 Aftershocks
- Heavy Rainfall with Floods
4. INTERESTING FACT
- Impact on education
- The help/ influence from the UNICEF
- Political influence before and after the earthquake
Thanks for your attention!
JNB GEOGRAPHY 12
Haiti Earthquake 2021
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haiti EARTHQUAKE 2021
JNB GEOGRAPHY12 PROJECT
Students: Edward , Leah , Nicholas Chan, Thi To Nga. Date: September 22, 2022
Historic Information
Haiti is renown for slavery, revolution, debt, deforestation and corruption. It is renown for being a poverty ridden state, overcrowding, no infrastructure, environmental disaster and large areas without rules & Regulation.
Land Scenery of Haiti
Land scenery of Haiti:
What's happening in Haiti?
Even before the earthquake, Haiti was facing multiple crises
01.
Basic CHARACTERISTICS of the EARTHQUAKE
The type of fault line: Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone (strike-slip fault) Magnitude:
The type of stress:
02. basic CHARACTERISTICS of EARTHQUAKE
WHERE is the epicenter ?
the type of BOUNDARY :
02.Destruction and Loss
03.BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE
DURING :
AFTER :
BEFORE:
4. INTERESTING FACT
Thanks for your attention!
JNB GEOGRAPHY 12