5. The Haitiearthquakeoccurred at a fault that runs right
through Haiti and is situated along the boundary between the
Caribbean and North American plates, which are rocky slabs that
cover the planet and fit together like a giant jigsaw puzzle.
These two plates constantly creep past one another, about 0.8
inches a year, with the Caribbean plate moving eastward with
respect to the North American slab.
6. The two sides of the fault line moved past each other in an
east-west direction and that's what caused the energy release and
the Haiti earthquakes.
7. Consequences
8. environmental
Hait earthquakekilledthousands of people, butalsobrought a lot of
contaminationthatincreasedtheenvironmentalproblemsthe country has
hadforyears.
9. social
The initial impact was terrible enough. The earthquake destroyed
30% of the capitalPort-Au-Prince
and in some neighbourhoods half the buildings went down. The
Presidential Palace, the Court of Justice, the United Nations
buildings, schools government offices have not been spared.
Tens of thousands were killed at first and with poor rescue
operations the total could rise to over 100,000. 9,000 people had
been buried. About 3 million people are affected from loss of
homes, lack of food and medical treatment.
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11. Economic
Haiti is by far the poorest country in the Americas. Haitis
citizens have never been economically stable, with about 80% of its
population below the poverty line. While many may blame the nation
alone for their less than ideal economy, they have not had the best
luck in the past few years.
They have been cursed by several tropical storms and natural
disasters that have temporarily crippled their economy but none
have been as devastating as this recent earthquake. The total
damages of this tragedy have reached an estimated total of $7.8
billion.
12. Structural
Damages
13. The structural damages caused by the earthquake are amongst
the major concerns. Hundreds of thousands of buildings plummeted to
the ground including homes, the presidential palace, and even the
United Nations Peacekeeping Mission. The earthquake resulted in
105,000 homes being destroyed, causing $2.3 billion in
damage
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17. Social
Assistance
18. Ongs
Haiti needed a lot of helpfrompeople of
alltheworldManyfamousorganisationsfromallovertheworldtriedtohelpsome
of themwere
The Red Cross
Medicos sin Fronteras
World vision
Unicef
19. Ben Stiller
Demi Moore
AshtonKutcher Lindsay Lohan
Adam Lambert Jessica Alba
Sean Combs
Madonna
George Clooney
Brad Pitt
Angelina Jolie
Miley Cyrus
Justin Bieber
Shakira
Knaan
AvrilLavigne
Pink
Nick Jonas Usher
Celine Dion
Also many celebrities have helped with Haiti
There were just some of them!!!!!
20. They made two musical videos
We are the World.
Waving Flag.
21. TheEnd
22. Lucero Gimnez Dixon
Valentina Gelsi
Agustina Gauna
SofiaPerez