More information A Clean Water Partnership in Haiti The Haitian Government, UN agencies and NGOs are delivering 4.2 million liters of clean drinking water every day – a major success considering Port-au-Prince’s notorious traffic jams and ever shrinking boulevards from rubble spilling into the streets. PAHO/WHO assists the National Direction for Potable Water and Sanitation with chlorination for water trucks at filling stations to kill bacteria, which left untreated, can cause disease outbreaks in crowded settlement sites. Read more... Six-month Report on the Humanitarian Response in Haiti The UN Inter-Agency Standing Committee has published a six-month report on the response to the humanitarian crisis in Haiti following the 12 January 2010 earthquake. The IASC is the primary mechanism for inter-agency coordination of humanitarian assistance and involves the key UN and non-UN humanitarian partners. Click here to read the full report . Haiti Fact Sheets The Pan American Health Organization has prepared Fact Sheets on the health situation in Haiti, in the aftermath of the 12 January 2010 earthquake. Among the themes covered: emergency and disaster response, the health cluster, health systems, environmental health, priority communicable diseases, mental health, nutrition, and others. Read more...

A week in the life of PAHO/WHO Haiti office Nothing compares to the rhythm and energy of a work week at the PAHO/WHO representative office in post-earthquake Haiti. Even under ideal conditions, this office faced huge challenges in trying to meet the health needs of the Haitian population. Since the earthquake, the staff has expanded, incorporating health experts from around the world to help rebuild the health system. As each week begins, the PAHO/WHO team begin work with their counterparts at other agencies and within the Ministry of Health to help tackle the country's health problems. Read more... Turn-Key Projects Can Help in the Reconstruction of Health Facilities in Haiti As part of the reconstruction strategy in Haiti, large-scale infrastructure projects are expected to begin, based on the pledges made at the first International Donors Conference in New York on 31 March. Several turn-key projects are likely to be considered, under the assumption that they will save time and money. However, managing this type of project requires specific knowledge and input from the building’s clients (in the case of health facilties, this might be the Ministry of Health) and the users (patients and staff, for example).

The study prepared, principally for public sector healthcare facilities, provides guidance on maximizing the success rate for these projects. Haitians Delivering Healthcare to Haitians Primary response to the earthquake of 12 January, including its health consequences, has come from the Haitian people themselves. Neighbors have been helping neighbors, rural families have taken in displaced victims from the city, and communities are developing new strategies to adapt to changed conditions. The following story describes different types of services that have been set up by and for the Haitian people. Read the photo story Three Families, One Camp Families and individuals in temporary housing constructed since the earthquake face acute health threats. In the over 300 temporary settlements that have sprung up since the quake, PAHO/WHO and other international agencies are working with the Government of Haiti and local communities to organize vaccination programmes, monitor for disease outbreaks and deliver clean water, among other health interventions, to reduce the impact of these living environments. Haiti Earthquake: Health Q&As What was the impact of the earthquake? As of 15 February, the national Civil Protection Agency estimates that 217,366 people died from the 12 January earthquake.

More than 500,000 people have left Port-au-Prince for outlying departments, including nearly 100,000 who have gone to Grand Anse and more than 160,000 to Artibonite. The Government estimates that 97,294 houses were destroyed and 188,383 were damaged. Read more... Wind Hazard Maps Can Aid in Siting of Hospitals in Haiti New state-of-the-art wind hazard maps for Caribbean islands and nearby coastal areas of Central and South America are critical aids when designing where to locate a new health facility or rebuild a damaged one. These maps can be useful in Haiti, where many hospitals will have to be built or retroffited after the earthquake of January 2010. Full list of topics Inter-Agency Response One Response : A collaborative inter-agency website that is supporting Clusters and OCHA fulfill their information management responsibilities in the Haiti emergency.

Logistics Cluster for Haiti Health Facilities Database The Haiti Health Facilities Working Group, in which PAHO/WHO participated as maintainer, created a Master List of over 900 health facilities in Haiti, including geographic locations and unique identification codes based on those generated by the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) of Haiti. Click here to view and download. Donating Medicines and Equipment Massive humanitarian health needs exist in Haiti following the 12 January, 2010, earthquake, and clear WHO guidelines are in place for the donations of medicines and other medical supplies to support the relief effort. WHO recommends that potential donors follow these guidelines to ensure appropriate supplies are being provided to match needs on the ground. More information Meeting Haiti's Changing Health Needs More than one month after the earthquake that devastated swathes of Haiti, in excess of 300,000 people are suffering from injuries and around one million are living in temporary settlements or host families after losing their homes.

Why Were So Many People Killed In The In The Haiti Earthquake Of 2010 Why Were So Many People Killed In The In The Haiti Earthquake Of 2010 Upcoming SlideShare Show related SlideShares at end WordPress Shortcode Why Were So Many People Killed In The In The Haiti Earthquake Of 2010 7,933 views Are you sure you want to Yes No Your message goes here PAULINA RODRIGUEZ ABARCA , TEACHER OF ENGLISH at University <br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="" width="350" height="288"><param name="movie" value=""></param><embed src="" width="350" height="288" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object> 6 years ago Are you sure you want to Yes No Your message goes here BBC News - Haiti devastated by massive earthquake Haiti devastated by massive earthquake "All of a sudden everything was just falling apart ... there was no place to hide" A massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The extent of the devastation is still unclear but there are fears thousands of people may have died.

Haiti's worst quake in two centuries hit south of the capital Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, wrecking the presidential palace, UN HQ and other buildings. A "large number" of UN personnel were reported missing by the organisation. Many people have spent the night outside amid fears of more aftershocks. The Red Cross says up to three million people have been affected. Describing the earthquake as a "catastrophe", Haiti's envoy to the US said the cost of the damage could run into billions. A number of nations, including the US, UK and Venezuela, are gearing up to send aid. The quake, which struck about 15km (10 miles) south-west of Port-au-Prince, was quickly followed by two strong aftershocks of 5.9 and 5.5 magnitude. The tremor hit at 1653 (2153 GMT) on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said. Phone lines to the country failed shortly afterwards. There is still no official word on casualties and the extent of the devastation is only now becoming clearer with dawn breaking.

China has already indicated in reports in state media that eight of its peacekeepers are buried and feared dead, with another 10 unaccounted for. I think hundreds of casualties would be a serious understatement Rachmani Domersant, operations manager, Food for the Poor The AFP news agency quoted the Jordanian army as saying three of its peacekeepers had been killed and 21 wounded. The Brazilian army said four of its peacekeepers were killed and a large number were missing. A French official told AFP about 200 people were missing in the collapsed Hotel Montana, which is popular with tourists. There have also been some reports of looting overnight. Rachmani Domersant, an operations manager with the Food for the Poor charity, told Reuters that overnight the capital was in total darkness. "You have thousands of people sitting in the streets with nowhere to go. There are people running, crying, screaming. "People are trying to dig victims out with flashlights. I think hundreds of casualties would be a serious understatement." Earlier, bodies white with dust could be seen piled on the back of a pick-up truck as vehicles tried to ferry the injured to hospital.

Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere and has suffered a number of recent disasters, including four hurricanes and storms in 2008 that killed hundreds. 'Thoughts and prayers' In a statement issued in New York, the UN said that its local HQ in Haiti had "sustained serious damage along with other UN installations" and "a large number" of personnel were missing. EYEWITNESS Carel Pedre, TV and radio presenter, Port-au-Prince I saw a lot of people crying for help, a lot of buildings collapsed, a lot of car damage, a lot of people without help, people bleeding. I saw a movie theatre, a supermarket, a cybercafe, an apartment building which collapsed. Now it's dark outside, there is no electricity, all the phone networks are down, so there's no way that people can get in touch with their family and friends. There are aftershocks every 15 to 20 minutes. They last from three to five seconds. The first shock was really strong, people were falling in the streets and buildings collapsed. I didn't see any emergency services, the people at the neighbourhood were trying to help each other.

The streets are narrow and there is lot of traffic and everyone is trying to reach family and friends. Traffic now is really difficult. People don't know where to go or where to start. Eyewitness: 'Blood all over them' UN peacekeeping chief Alain Le Roy said it was unclear how many people were in the building. The head of the UN mission in Haiti, Hedi Annabi, was reported to have been inside and is unaccounted for. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said he was believed to be dead. The UN's stabilisation mission plays a vital role in ensuring security in Haiti. Raymond Joseph, Haiti's ambassador to the US, said the presidential palace, the tax office, the ministry of commerce and the foreign ministry had all been damaged, but the airport was intact. He and Haiti's ambassador to Mexico, Robert Manuel, both said that President Rene Preval and his wife had survived the quake. The World Bank said its local offices were destroyed but most of the staff were accounted for, Reuters reported. US President Barack Obama said his "thoughts and prayers" were with the people of Haiti and that he expected "an aggressive, coordinated [aid] effort by the US government".

Venezuela says it will send a 50-strong "humanitarian assistance team". HAITI COUNTRY PROFILE The Red Cross is dispatching a relief team from Geneva and the UN's World Food Programme is flying in two planes with emergency food aid. The Inter-American Development Bank said it was immediately approving a $200,000 grant for emergency aid. The UK said it was mobilising help and was "ready to provide whatever humanitarian assistance may be required". Canada, Australia, France and a number of Latin American nations have also said they are mobilising their aid response. Pope Benedict XVI has called for a generous response to the "tragic situation" in Haiti. 'Shouting and screaming' In the minutes after the quake, Henry Bahn, a visiting official from the US Department of Agriculture, said he had seen houses which had tumbled into a ravine. "Everybody is just totally, totally freaked out and shaken," said Mr Bahn, who described the sky as "just grey with dust". He said he had been walking to his hotel room when the ground began to shake. "I just held on and bounced across the wall," he said.

"I just heard a tremendous amount of noise and shouting and screaming in the distance." Reports on the Twitter message site, which cannot yet be verified by the BBC, expressed the chaos in the wake of the quake. Tweets from troylivesay spoke of the worst damage being in the Carrefour district, where "many two and three storey buildings did not make it". In the immediate aftermath of the quake, a tsunami watch was put out for Haiti, Cuba and the Bahamas, but this was later lifted. Have you been affected by the earthquake? If you have any information you wish to share with the BBC you can do so using the form below: You can send pictures and video to yourpics@bbc.co.uk, text them to +44 7725 100 100 or if you have a large file you can click here to upload . At no time should you endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe any laws.

Name Haiti Earthquake "Strange," Strongest in 200 Years Haiti Earthquake "Strange," Strongest in 200 Years View Images Photograph by Lisandro Suero, AFP/Getty Images The magnitude 7 earthquake that struck Haiti yesterday is the strongest earthquake to hit the region in more than two centuries, geologists say. Related Content While earthquakes are not uncommon in the Caribbean island country, the recent Haiti earthquake's intensity surprised experts. "It's quite strange" from a historical perspective, said Julie Detton, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey. Haiti is part of the island of Hispaniola, which also hosts the Dominican Republic. The last major earthquake to strike Haiti's side of the island was in 1860. Yesterday's initial earthquake, which struck at about 5 p.m. local time yesterday, spawned dozens of aftershocks, about 15 of which were magnitude 5 or greater. Whether the earthquake could trigger other major quakes is not known. "It's not something that we can project is going to happen," Detton said.

"But definitely if you're moving two [plates] in one area, you're building up stress and strain in another." (Also see: "Haiti Earthquake, Deforestation Heighten Landslide Risk." ) Haiti Earthquake: Seismic Stresses The Haiti earthquake was caused by the release of seismic stresses that had built up around two tectonic plates . The motions of these plates create what are known as strike-slip faults, where two sections of Earth's crust are grinding past each other in opposite directions. "The Caribbean plate is moving eastward with respect to the North American plate," Detton said. When the stresses along the fault lines reach a certain point, they can be released in bursts of energy that cause earthquakes, although it's unclear when the energy will be discharged as a series of small quakes or as one big temblor. Since Haiti is very close to the boundary where the Caribbean and North American plates meet, fault lines linked to the plates' movements run right through the country, Detton said. In fact, the epicenter of the earthquake was about 10 miles (16 kilometers) southwest of Haiti's capital city, Port-au-Prince.

(See a Haiti map .) In addition, the Haiti earthquake was very shallow, being centered just 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) below Earth's surface. This put impoverished Port-au-Prince close to the most intense shaking, contributing to the scale of the devastation: Thousands are feared dead and countless buildings have collapsed, from schools and hotels to the Haitian Parliament and local UN headquarters. The American Red Cross estimates that the Haiti earthquake may have affected about three million people in total. SOURCES SPECIAL REPORT | Haiti earthquake - World - CBC News SPECIAL REPORT | Haiti earthquake Posted: Jan 05, 2012 11:53 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 11, 2012 4:09 PM ET Related Stories Office of the UN Special Envoy for Haiti (Note: CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external links.) Two years after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake killed thousands of people in Haiti, the impoverished Caribbean country is still struggling to rebuild what even before the disaster was woefully inadequate infrastructure. While some of the 1.5 million people displaced by the Jan.

12, 2010, quake that struck near the town of Léogâne, 25 kilometres west of the capital, Port-au-Prince, have returned home, about one-third continue to live in temporary camps. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimates that as of December 2011, 550,560 people were still living in temporary settlements. Beyond the headlines INTERVIEW: Lawyer Mario Jospeh on human righst in Haiti The Haitian government reckons 250,000 residences and 30,000 commercial buildings and 80 per cent of schools in the capital region were destroyed or severely damaged in the earthquake. Even before the earthquake destroyed much of the building stock in and around Port-au-Prince, housing and infrastructure were inadequate and in short supply, which has made the recovery effort all the more daunting. The Humanitarian Coalition , an umbrella group of Canadian aid organizations such as Oxfam and Care, estimates that about five million cubic metres, or half of the rubble the quake left behind, has been cleared to date.

Estimates of the number of people killed have varied widely — from as low as 46,000 to as high as 316,000, which is the death toll given by the government of Haiti — but the UN has said that, overall, three million people were affected by the quake. In the wake of the disaster, international donors pledged $4.5 billion in aid , a little more than half of which has been disbursed to date. In October 2010, recovery activities were hampered by a cholera outbreak that according to the Haitian government affected 513,997 people and killed 277,451. Below is a survey of the impact of the devastating earthquake and some of the relief efforts launched in its wake. Produced by CBC News, this award-winning interactive video series memorializes Canadians living or working in Haiti who were killed in the 2010 earthquake.

Haiti earthquake by the numbers: 316,000 people killed (official estimate of Haitian government, but some experts have said the figure is much lower) 300,572 people injured 1,300 camps or "spontaneous settlements" erected (at peak of disaster) 1.5 million people displaced (IOM estimate although a May 2011 USAID report cites 895,000 people) 550,560 people still in settlement camps as of December 2011 604,215 people left Port-au-Prince and the capital region (known as Département de l'Ouest). 188,383 houses destroyed or badly damaged 80 per cent of Port-au-Prince schools destroyed or damaged 60 per cent of hospitals in the affected region destroyed or damaged Shake zones: map of intensity of Jan. 12 earthquake U.S.

Geological Survey/Associated Press Clinton, Haiti, Then and Now | Pulitzer Center Clinton, Haiti, Then and Now Published March 10, 2012 Ansel Herz, For the Pulitzer Center In early March, Bill Clinton showed he is learning the lessons of Haiti’s man-made disasters. Far from natural byproducts of the nation itself, the widespread poverty, misery and deaths among Haitians have an awful lot to do with mistakes made by influential foreigners. After the January 2010 earthquake, Clinton acknowledged that he was wrong to champion agricultural trade policies during his presidency that benefitted “some of my farmers in Arkansas,” but damaged the livelihoods of Haitian peasant farmers. Those policies helped drive Haitians out of the countryside into overcrowded, shoddily-built urban slums in Port-au-Prince, where many of them perished in the quake. Earthquakes of that magnitude don’t kill tens of thousands of people in industrialized countries. “I had to live everyday with the consequences of the loss of capacity to produce a rice crop in Haiti to feed those people because of what I did; nobody else,” Clinton said in testimony before the U.S. Senate.

On March 7, Clinton candidly admitted to having learned another lesson from another man-made tragedy in Haiti—the October 2010 cholera outbreak which has killed more than 7,000 and made sick at least 500,000 Haitians. At a press conference at a new hospital in Mirebalais, with United Nations troops standing guard outside, I asked him whether he agreed with recent comments by the American ambassador to the UN that those responsible for the cholera’s introduction to Haiti should be “ held accountable. ” Cholera was alien to Haiti and the Caribbean prior to the outbreak. Multiple scientific studies have pinpointed UN peacekeeping troops as the definitive or most likely source of imported cholera bacteria from Nepal to central Haiti. Clinton sidestepped the question, at one point calling that decision “above his pay grade.” He receives a symbolic $1 per year salary from the UN as its special envoy to Haiti. But he also became the first UN representative to acknowledge the truth that’s long been in plain sight, ever since reporters captured shocking images of waste from the Mirebalais UN peacekeeping base flowing into Haiti’s waterways.

“I don't know that the person who introduced cholera to Haiti, the UN peacekeeping soldier from South Asia, was aware that he was carrying the virus,” Clinton said. (It is a bacterium, not a virus.) “It was the proximate cause of cholera,” he continued. “That is, he was carrying the cholera strain. It came from his waste stream into the waters of Haiti, into the bodies of Haitians.” The UN has long denied its decisive role in the cholera outbreak. This was an unusual level of candor from such a high-ranking official. I immediately broke the news on Twitter. Within hours the Associated Press had filed its own dispatch about Clinton’s comments, making headlines around the world. A Haitian law firm that sued the UN on behalf of cholera victims praised Clinton’s response to my question. One of the lawyers told me he thinks it’s “going to have a big impact on the case.” Still, even after Clinton’s admission, the UN issued a statement attributing the cholera outbreak to “a confluence of factors.” In New York on March 9, a spokesperson fended off questions from reporters about Clinton’s admission.

Clinton, for his part, also emphasized that “what really caused” the cholera epidemic is Haiti’s virtually non-existent clean water and sanitation system. He pondered aloud, “And I can’t recall ever until this cholera outbreak hit, people even asking: ‘Did these people come from a place where they have a lot of cholera or malaria or you name it, and are we sending them to a place where they don’t have that, and therefore, almost by accident, we could start an epidemic?’ “And I have to tell you—at least I had never thought about it before. And insofar as I would have any influence over continuing UN operations it’s one question that I think that will always be asked from now on. I feel terrible about what happened here.” Clinton commands enormous influence in Haiti. As special envoy, he co-chaired the reconstruction commission set up after the earthquake alongside Haiti’s prime minister, and he was recently appointed to the President’s Economic Advisory Council. The question now is whether the policies Clinton champions today are the right ones or whether he will lament how things should have been done better in Haiti years from now.

These include export-driven agricultural and trade policies, as well as boosting the textile and tourism industries as panaceas for Haiti’s pervasive unemployment. There is already a stark dissonance between his comments about aid organizations and how his own foundation conducted itself in quake-battered Leogane. Clinton urged aid groups to work themselves “out of a job” and build the capacity of Haitian institutions. But journalists found that the Clinton Foundation ignored local officials and installed trailer classrooms laced with formaldehyde. The foundation deflected the accusations. As a governor and president in the U. S., Clinton distinguished himself with his charisma, intelligence, and ability to get things done. But it’s hard to see Haiti’s faltering recovery since the earthquake as anything but a failure. (The reconstruction commission he co-chaired is now defunct.) “Building back better” will require learning from errors more quickly, or better yet, not making tragic mistakes in the first place. Project BBC News - Why did so many people die in Haiti's quake? Why did so many people die in Haiti's quake?

By Lucy Rodgers BBC News The devastating earthquakes that hit China on 12 May 2008, Italy on 6 April 2009 and Haiti one month ago all measured above 6.0 and took many lives. But why was the human cost so much greater for Haiti? When Pete Garratt, Red Cross head of disaster relief, received an alert on 12 January indicating a large quake had hit Haiti near its capital Port-au-Prince, he instantly recognised the seriousness of the emergency. "I knew that meant deaths and injuries," he says. The reason he predicted the effects of the quake would be so grave, Mr Garratt explains, is that there are a number of critical factors, learned through years of experience, that contribute to the scale of devastation following such big shifts of the Earth's crust. One is, perhaps obviously, the size of the quake , but also how near it is to the surface, the density of the population near its epicentre, as well as whether there are any heavily urbanised areas nearby. These all indicate a higher death toll - and were all features of the Haiti quake.

But poverty also plays its role, Mr Garratt explains, as it exacerbates a country's or region's vulnerability to such disasters. In places such as Haiti, where 72.1% of the population live on less than $2 a day, and in cities like Port-au-Prince, where many are housed in poor and densely-packed shantytowns and badly-constructed buildings, the devastation is always expected to be greater. "These countries have less money to put into buildings and there is less governance ensuring building codes are followed," Mr Garratt explains. "Corruption can also be an issue and so, even when there are government structures to ensure building codes are followed, there are bribes that enable people to take short cuts. "Put simply - there are the technical elements of the earthquake and then the social elements on top of that." Therefore, the fact that the Haiti quake hit close to a poorly-constructed, large urban area was crucial in reducing people's chances of survival. "In Italy it was one town, and a few surrounding villages - not a large urban area. And in China, although it affected a large area and big towns, it was not a city," says Mr Garratt.

"In Haiti, in a big city like Port-au-Prince, with so many structures coming down, this means more rubble will kill more people." The resulting scale of destruction - of infrastructure, of government and other official organisations - also made it much more difficult to respond once the earthquake hit and had an impact on the number of people rescued from the rubble. Haiti, unlike China and Italy, simply did not have the resources to act quickly, and it took time to get outside help in. "The Chinese government was able to mobilise a very military response. Although some parts were hard to reach initially," says Mr Garratt. "The resources they had were very impressive. "The problem in Haiti was the airport was only half-functioning and you had one road route that took a day to traverse." The dense urban environment in Port-au-Prince also made it a difficult place for rescue teams to work once they were there, he says. "You could say that the resulting congestion in large cities meant there was less room for manoeuvre.

"But there were an enormous number of search and rescue teams there and considering the difficulties getting there, they did a good job." However, the statistics on rescues may not necessarily reflect the true number of victims freed in and around Port-au-Prince, he warns. "The majority of people are pulled out of the rubble by their neighbours." Lessons learned The Red Cross, which had teams dealing with the aftermath of the China, Italy and Haiti earthquakes, believes aid agencies learn lessons from every disaster, although each - like Haiti - poses fresh questions. "We are always getting better," says Mr Garratt. "But what is a challenge is that there is always something new." One of the problems in Port-au-Prince is the lack of space, he adds, as well as a constantly shifting and mobile population. The task now for such organisations is to help the people of Haiti get back on their feet, given the inevitable crippling economic cost of such a quake. And as the Red Cross and others admit, their success in responding to the Haiti emergency will be judged not just on the first weeks of emergency aid, but on whether communities are left more resilient and better equipped when the next disaster strikes.

Bookmark with: Recent Caribbean Earthquakes Spark Concern Recent Caribbean Earthquakes Spark Concern By By Dan DePodwin; online journalist/meteorologist February 24, 2014, 11:08:32 PM EST Two earthquakes greater than 5.0 have rocked the Caribbean in the last week and concerns have been growing for a major tremor in the region. On Tuesday, Feb. 18, a strong 6.5-magnitude quake occurred about 100 miles north-northeast of Bridgetown, Barbados. According to Dr. Joan Latchman , the Director of the Seismic Research Unit of the University of the West Indies, it was the strongest tremor since 1980 in the area. Three days later, on Feb. 21, a 5.1-magnitude seismic event occurred near Aruba. While both of these quakes did not cause much damage, they are a reminder that the Caribbean remains a very active seismic zone, prone to earthquakes at anytime. Earthquakes are common in the Caribbean, but most are less than 3.0 on the Richter Scale.

The two recent, stronger rumbles have rekindled memories of highly destructive earthquakes over the past few hundred years. The Caribbean has a long history of destructive tremors. One of the most infamous occurred in 1692 when a 7.5-magnitude quake dismantled the city of Port Royal, Jamaica. Much of the city was submerged under water, and thousands of people lost their lives. The Caribbean Plate is sandwiched between numerous tectonic plates including the North American and South American. It is the North American that helps form the Puerto Rico Trench, with depths over 28,000 feet, north of the U.S. territory. This zone of subduction, where one tectonic plate slowly slide below another, is a concern to many geophysicists. While destructive quakes, such as the highly destructive Haiti tremor of 2010, have occurred recently, there has not been a major earthquake associated with the Puerto Rico Trench in over 200 years. The last event was a 8.1 tremor in 1787.

According to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution , based in Massachusetts, there have been a dozen earthquakes in the region over the past 500 years. The institution also notes that tsunamis are a concern and three quakes have been accompanied by a tsunami in Puerto Rico since 1867, the last being in 1946. With an influx of people to many islands of the Caribbean over the last few decades, much more infrastructure exists across the islands than was around throughout much of the 20th century. A major tremor and potential accompanying tsunami could cause utter destruction to populated areas and create serious economic hardship. RELATED: The Haiti Earthquake, One Year Later By Amanda Briney Updated January 20, 2016. Haiti is a small country located in the Caribbean Sea between Cuba and the Dominican Republic . It covers an area of just 10,714 square miles (27,750 sq km) and its capital is Port au Prince . Haiti is one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world and it has suffered from years of political, social and economic instability.

On January 12, 2010, Haiti was struck by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that was centered about 15 miles (25 km) from Port au Prince - the most populated area in Haiti. The massive earthquake severely damaged the country's infrastructure, killed over 220,000 people and displaced 1.3 million people. In the area of Port au Prince alone, 188,383 homes were damaged or destroyed. One year later Haiti is still struggling to rebuild and it is currently dealing with an outbreak of cholera and facing political and social instability. Initial Impacts of the Earthquake When the massive earthquake struck Haiti in January 2010, it was surprising due to its high magnitude. continue reading below our video 10 Best Universities in the United States Earthquakes are not uncommon in the region because Haiti is located near the northern boundary of the Caribbean tectonic plate. As such, there is a significant fault zone running through the country.

Once the main 7.0 earthquake hit, it is estimated that by January 24, 2010, there were at least 52 recorded aftershocks that were of magnitude 4.5 or higher. The initial earthquakes as well as the larger aftershocks devastated Port au Prince as well as other towns and settlements like Jacmel. In Port au Prince, several important governmental buildings were destroyed or damaged, including the Presidential Palace, a parliament building and the Port au Prince Cathedral. Most of the city's municipal buildings were also destroyed as were more than 1,300 schools. Prior to the earthquake Haiti's infrastructure outside of its larger cities was not well-developed. In addition, Haiti had no building codes so buildings and infrastructure were not necessarily built to withstand a large earthquake and thus, when the 7.0 earthquake hit, they were quickly destroyed. Hospitals and other health care facilities were lost and damage to the region's roads made it difficult for rescue personnel to reach the most damaged areas. In addition, telecommunications were disrupted which made it difficult for rescue workers to communicate with each other and the public. After the earthquake, conditions in Haiti were difficult for its citizens.

The thousands who had lost their homes slept in the streets or in their cars and some constructed shanty towns for shelter. There were shortages in fuel and potable water. As a result of these conditions, the Haitian government began moving many of its homeless to temporary camps away from Port au Prince and the Dominican Republic offered temporary medical assistance to refugees. Humanitarian aid from international organizations like the United Nations also began quickly after the earthquake and search and rescue teams from all over the world travelled to Haiti to aid in its recovery. One Year Later Despite all of the international aid, recovery in Haiti has been a slow process. One year later, the country is still struggling to rebuild cities like Port au Prince and Jacmel as well as its medical and political infrastructure. Social problems are also still plague Haiti and its health conditions have deteriorated. For example in November 2010, an outbreak of cholera began in the shanty towns and tent camps in and around Port au Prince. Some estimates say that the outbreak killed more than 580 people and hospitalized over 9,000 in the northern part of Haiti. Cholera remains a concern in Haiti today because of its systems of drinking water and poor sanitation.

In addition to poor health conditions, Haiti also had to deal with severe flooding in some parts of Port au Prince in November 2010 after Hurricane Tomas struck the Caribbean. Many refugee camps outside of the capital in rural areas were quickly flooded by storm surge which further Haiti's hampered recovery efforts. In spite of these problems though, as well as many others, Haiti has made some progress in its recovery. For example, officials have developed plans to construct affordable housing for the many people who lost their homes in the earthquake. The program is called the Haiti Housing Collaborative and architects from around the world have worked to create six possible designs for the housing units. Other plans to rebuild are also in the works but for the most part, rebuilding has been sparse and remains slow due to a lack of funding and organization internationally and in Haiti itself. Haiti also underwent presidential elections in late November 2010 and a runoff election was originally scheduled for January 16, 2011 but problems with the first election as well as violent protests in Port au Prince have delayed the election. As such, Haiti is still struggling to regain political and social stability.

To learn more about Haiti and its recovery, visit special Haiti websites from CNN , BBC News and the New York Times . References Katz, Jonathan M. (9 November 2010). "Cholera in Haiti Capital Confirmed." Huffington Post . Retrieved from: Katz, Jonathan M. (5 November 2010). "Hurricane Tomas Floods Quake Shattered Town." Huffington Post. Retrieved from: Luce, Jim. (30 December 2010). "Architects Announce Six Final Plans for Haiti Housing Collaborative." Huffington Post. Retrieved from: United States Geological Survey. (28 December 2010). Magnitude 7.0 - Haiti Region. Retrieved from: #details Wikipedia.org. (5 January 2011). 2010 Haiti Earthquake - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved from: How Caribbean Countries Can Minimize The Danger Posed By Earthquakes Free Essays How Caribbean Countries Can Minimize The Danger Posed By Earthquakes The Impact of Hurricane, Earthquake and volcanoes on named Caribbean territories. The Caribbean territories are... at the mercy of hurricanes, earthquakes and volcanoes.

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including development of human capital, critical infrastructure, regional competitiveness, environmental sustainability, social inclusion, health, safety, literacy, and other initiatives. Economic development differs from economic growth. Also with development can be measured in many different ways at industrial, social and economic levels this is through measures such... 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, Earthquake, Economic development 2290 Words | 6 Pages Earthquake and Its Effect a threat and negatively impacts people and the environment. Examples of natural hazards are: earthquakes, tsunamis, wildfires, floods, volcanic... eruptions etc. Earthquakes and their Occurence What is an Earthquake? An earthquake is a sudden rapid vibration along the earth’s crust due to individual tremors, sometimes causing great destruction to the earth’s lithosphere and its inhabitants. Earthquakes occur both on land and sea.They may occur at areas where plates collide (subduction zones/ convergent... Convergent boundary, Earth, Earthquake 883 Words | 4 Pages Caribbean Studies Within the Caribbean, three main natural disasters are hurricanes, earthquakes, floods. The great damages caused by natural... disasters may be divided into two categories: social and economic and environmental.

However, this essay will address the social and economic impact of these natural disasters on the Caribbean and how to reduce the effects of these disasters. In regards to the essay, Hurricanes (with special emphasis being placed on Hurricane Gilbert) and floods as well as two Caribbean territories... Beaufort scale, Caribbean, Flood 1250 Words | 4 Pages In What Ways Can Renewable Energy Contribute to Growth in Caribbean Countries Essay In what ways can renewable energy contribute to growth in Caribbean countries? Documentation style: APA... High oil prices have negatively affected growth in Caribbean economies and with prices constantly rising, the way forward is clear. This is the use of renewable energy instead of oil, which will result in many positive effects on the Caribbean and the world at large. Renewable energy is obtained from natural resources, such as wind, geothermal heats and waves. Unlike oil, renewable... Energy, Ethanol fuel, Fossil fuel 1164 Words | 4 Pages Who copes better with Earthquakes: HICs or LICs ﻿Who copes better with Earthquakes: HIC or LIC? This report will focus on examples of different earthquakes happening around the... world and explain why some countries cope better than others.

To cope well, the country should have low death tolls, good communication with rescue services and other countries willing to help, evacuation and other emergency plans are planned well, and minimizing the amount of damage done to the country. What are HIC and LIC countries? HIC, also known as MEDC, stand... 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Convergent boundary, Earthquake 1370 Words | 4 Pages earthquakes in GCC countries ﻿ Earthquakes in GCC An Earthquake known also as tremor is resulted from a sudden release of energy... ,which takes place in the earths crust, which then creates seismic waves. They are vibrations triggered by movement of rocks that have been strained (deformed) beyond their elastic limit. This activity called seismicity or seismism of an area refers to type , size and frequency over a time period. Earthquakes are measured using many instruments ( up to atleast 20 different types... Arabian Peninsula, Earthquake, Fault 1005 Words | 4 Pages Geography Earthquake Earthquakes Geography project Done by: DESHER TROTMAN Introduction Definition: An earthquake is a sudden tremor or...

movement of the earth’s crust, which originates naturally at or below the Earth’s surface. They can occur from fault lines where tectonic plates meet or from volcanic activity. Earthquakes are very common in areas of volcanic activity where they either proceed or accompany eruptions. Earthquakes caused by volcanic eruptions are rare since all volcanoes are not prone to violent... Earth, Earthquake, Epicenter 1121 Words | 4 Pages earthquake ﻿ EARTHQUAKE Introduction An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that... creates seismic waves. CAUSE OF EARTHQUAKE Earthquakes are caused by the movement of the earth's tectonic plates. Earthquakes occur where the earth's plates meet along plate boundaries (see plate tectonics page for more information on this).For example as two plates move towards each other, one can be pushed down under the other one into the mantle. If this plate gets stuck... Earth, Earthquake, Earthquake engineering 688 Words | 6 Pages How Caribbean Managers Can Enhance and Motivate their Employees How Caribbean managers can enhance the motivation of their employees Templar, R (The Rules of Management, Pearson...

Prentice Hall 2005, p.66) concludes that “If your staff do something good, tell them. And then tell them again. And again. Keep it up. Put it in writing. Send them a memo – something they can keep. Put it in the company newsletter. Add a note to their file. Whatever, but make it widely known they did good. This is a quick and cheap method of praising and motivating your team and it lets... Abraham Maslow, Fundamental human needs, Goal 860 Words | 3 Pages Natural Disasters in the Caribbean The natural disasters that are typically experienced in the Caribbean can have catastrophic and devastating impacts on the... environment, economic development and social structure of these islands. Severe damage to the built infrastructure that has supported communities on Caribbean islands for decades can place a huge strain on economic activity. The social impacts that are experienced following natural disasters consist of homelessness, injury, suffering, sickness, disease, and even death. This paper...

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One’s desire to do or an interest a drive/ a driving force by which we the... Abraham Maslow, Employment, Fundamental human needs 1455 Words | 4 Pages Earthquakes Earthquakes An earthquake is a shaking or trembling of the crust of the earth caused by underground volcanic action or by the... breaking and shifting of rock beneath the surface. The volcanic action and shifting rocks create strain which continues to build to a sudden release of pressure resulting in a shock wave. The vibrations produced in the crust can vary from barely noticeable to enormously destructive. Shock waves can be classified into two broad categories. Waves that send particles oscillating... 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Earth, Earthquake 2019 Words | 6 Pages Earthquakes, Prediction V Preventation. government spend more money on predicting an earthquake than on preparing a town for the next? This case study will be arguing the reasons... as to whether the government should or shouldn't spend money on predicting an earthquake than on preparing a town to be ready for the next. There are many different points of views on this argument and I will be justifying these in further detail, as well as giving my own opinion towards earthquake prediction.

An earthquake is a natural disaster when two tectonic... Earthquake, Earthquake prediction, Futurology 2527 Words | 7 Pages Cause and Effect of Earthquakes Cause and effect of earthquakes The ground trembles, shakes and growls. Pictures that were once hanging so beautifully on the wall smash to... the ground exploding into glittery slivers of broken glass, roadways break apart, engulfing whatever was in its path, never to be seen again. For many, this would seem to be the makings of a fictional horror movie created by Hollywood with intent to frighten a person and to play with ones senses. For those who live in the areas depicted by film, this is... Causality, Earth, Earthquake 1253 Words | 4 Pages Haiti Earthquake Haiti Earthquake On January 12, 2012, the country of Haiti was struck by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that... changed the lives of people living across the nation. The earthquake struck Haiti before 5pm and was centered about 10 miles South East of Port-au-Prince, which is the capital city of Haiti.

This earthquake is known as one of the most powerful earthquakes of the century that hit the Eastern parts of Cuba. Prior to the earthquake Haiti acquired the lowest immunization rates in the world (55%)... 2010 Haiti earthquake, Caribbean, Earthquake 888 Words | 3 Pages 2009 caribbean studies sample essays ﻿1 Examine three measures that Caribbean countries can implement to minimize the danger... posed to coral reefs in the region. CAPE 2009 Ql: Coral reefs inhabit many coastal regions around Caribbean islands. These reefs are at once magnificently beautiful yet very fragile and sensitive to even the slightest variation in the waters around it. Coral reefs perform a vital socio- economic and socio-cultural function in the Caribbean. Apart from it being important to human society for its aesthetic appeal... Barbados, Caribbean, Caribbean Sea 687 Words | 2 Pages “Earth Quake-Precautions You Can Take. Using Detail Information on Before, During and After an Earth Quake.” When we hear the word earthquake we get goose bumps because the word reminds fear in our minds does it not? Yes, it does, we think that an...

earthquake can kill us any moment destroying our homes into dust. Science tells that; Earthquake is the shaking of the earth’s surface caused by rapid movement of the earth’s rocky outer layer. Earthquakes occur when energy stored within the earth suddenly releases, the size varies from small hardly noticeable shaking, to large shocks which can be felt from miles... Building, Earth, Earthquake 992 Words | 3 Pages Haiti Earthquake ﻿Haiti Earthquake Warsan Hassan 9I Geography SED Haiti is situated... in Hispaniola in the Caribbean. Hispaniola, which consists of two countries Dominican Republic and Haiti itself. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and it is the 145th poorest country the world. 80% of its 9.7 million people live below the poverty line. The Haitian earthquake occurred on the 12th January 2010; it left the country in devastation... Dominican Republic, Drinking water, Earthquake 914 Words | 3 Pages Regional Integration in the Caribbean Regional Integration is when an economic alliance or trade agreement is formed among countries that are located geographically close to one... another.

This paper analyzes the role of regional integration in promoting global business, discusses the advantages and disadvantages of regional integration using a trading block as an example, and compares the economic development stages of two countries within a chosen region and discusses the ramifications of the region’s economic development for global... Barbados, Caribbean, Caribbean Community 1367 Words | 4 Pages How Can We Measure the Economic Growth of a Country? How can we measure the economic growth of a country? Experts have proposed many techniques to assess the... economic progress of a country. One of these techniques is to calculate the sum of all the goods and services produced in the country which is known as gross domestic product (GDP). The indicator was created in the wake of great depression in 1930s and still is used to measure individual countries’ economic performance. But now most of the economists claim that GDP alone cannot reflect the... Crime, Development economics, Economic development 1183 Words | 4 Pages ‘the Extent to Which the Earthquake Hazard Can Be Managed Depends on a Country’s Level of Development.’ A ‘hazard’ can be defined as a geophysical process operating within the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere or biosphere which could...

potentially lead to the loss of human life or property. However, an earthquake only becomes hazardous and therefore needs management if it occurs within close proximity to a vulnerable population. To some extent, any human settlement around the world situated close to or on top of an area of seismic activity is vulnerable. However, not all nations suffer equal devastation... 2008 Sichuan earthquake, Developed country, Developing country 1778 Words | 5 Pages Hurricanes and Earthquakes Hurricanes and earthquakes are two of the most dangerous natural disasters in the United States. They can be very disastrous and... deadly. In the United States, there have been 73 hurricanes since 1954. Earthquakes are harder to detect because they have to have at least a magnitude of 5 ("Earthquakes per year," 2009). The amount of earthquakes detected in the United States was 1656 in the past 10 years ("Earthquakes per year," 2009). The World Meteorological Organization is the organization that can choose...

2005 Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Andrew, Hurricane Katrina 1659 Words | 5 Pages earthquakes Thesis: Earthquakes have been a natural part of Earth for many years and are caused by a shift in the Earth’s tectonic plates. Tectonic... plates shift when two separated pieces of Earth’s crust push together because of the pressure of the hot air below them pushing up on the plates from the heat of the Earth’s core. This pressure must be released somehow, so when the pressure becomes too great for the plates to withstand, one part of a plate gives way to the pressure by rising above the other part... Earth, Earthquake, Natural gas 1383 Words | 4 Pages Earthquakes are more newsworthy but we ignore other geological hazards at our peril. Discuss ﻿Earthquakes are more newsworthy but we ignore other geological hazards at our peril. Discuss. (40marks) Geological hazards are events that... are perceived as a threat to people, poverty and nature, which originate in, or transmitted by the physical, built or human environment. These can include volcanoes, hurricanes and earthquakes, which all have various effects ranging from affecting people to the natural and physical environment.

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It later earned the name as the Kobe Earthquake due to the amount of damage that Kobe, Japan suffered. Its focus was only 16 km below ground. Shock-waves splintered buildings, destroyed roads, and ruptured mains of gas, water, and electricity. Over 6,400 people... Earthquake, Great Hanshin earthquake, Hanshin Expressway 865 Words | 3 Pages To what extent can preparedness and planning mitigate the effects of a volcanic hazard ﻿To what extent can preparedness and planning mitigate the effects of a volcanic hazard (40 marks) Volcanic activity happens across the surface... of the globe therefore bringing hazards to every affected area. A hazard is any source of potential damage, harm or adverse health effects. A volcanic hazard is any threat to life and infrastructure due to volcanic activity and related situations such as a landslide near the volcano. Volcanoes can be very dangerous and therefore present many hazards towards... Basalt, Lava, Magma 2202 Words | 3 Pages Haiti Earthquake Haiti Earthquake The earthquake that devastated Haiti Tuesday was the strongest temblor to hit the island nation in more than... 200 years.

The magnitude 7.0 quake caused tremendous damage, and the death toll may run into the thousands. What caused the Haiti earthquake, and why was it so devastating? What caused the earthquake? The shaking started on Tuesday, Jan. 12, at 4:53 p.m. ET in the Haiti region, just 10 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince. The Haiti earthquake occurred at a fault that... 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, 2010 Haiti earthquake, Dominican Republic 1046 Words | 3 Pages Earthquake Figure 5.19 The mortar in unreinforced masonry walls such as these in Iran,1990(A) can easily fail during an earthquake.... Oftentimes the entire structure crumbles, leaving a pile of rubble in which survive. Shown in(B) is one of the many masonry homes to collapse during the 1988 Armenia earthquake (M6.9), claiming nearly 25,000 lives. The failure is called soft-story collapse. Soft-story collapse is a common problem in commercial building where the first floor has considerable open space for...

Earthquake, Earthquake engineering, Frequency 1139 Words | 3 Pages Does the Caribbean Contribute to the Americanization of Its Media? “Do you believe Caribbean Media are victims or causal factors of the Americanization of Caribbean Culture?” There has... been an ongoing debate as to whether The Americanization phenomenon, has been perpetuated by the media across the Caribbean. It must be stated, that the Americanization phenomenon, can be synonymous with Globalisation. Hence it very pertinent to the discussion, to first defines the denotative meaning of the term Globalisation. (Dr.Maria Alfaro) defines Globalisation as: “A... Caribbean, Connotation, Culture 1322 Words | 4 Pages Caribbean Integration ﻿Caribbean integration movement I read with great interest a March 4, 2012 article in the Jamaica Gleaner by former Assistant Secretary... General of the CARICOM Secretariat, where he argues that poor leadership – political, institutional, and business – has failed the Caribbean integration process. In a recent Facebook discussion I was engaged in, a learned colleague questioned the relevance of regionalism. That regionalism is now being put up to question is not only troubling, but also speaks to...

Barbados, British overseas territories, Caribbean 2453 Words | 7 Pages Haiti Earthquake The January 12, 2010 Haiti Earthquake caused an enormous destruction in the Caribbean nation. Hospitals and government buildings... collapsed along with an unbelievable amount of homes. Tens of thousands of people were killed, and many more were wounded. The disaster added more misery to people already struggling to get by with everyday life. Haiti is one of the poorest nations in the world. The January 12 quake demolished almost every major building in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. About 5,000 schools... 2010 Haiti earthquake, Dominican Republic, Earthquake 1465 Words | 5 Pages Caribbean Studies Stages/Steps in the Research Process CARIBBEAN STUDIES Stages/Steps in the Research Process 1. Identifying a problem  In identifying a research problem, one should keep... in mind the following: - Is it important to Caribbean Development and can I justify it as a significant piece of research? - Can I obtain information on it easily or with minimum inconvenience? - Will I be able to research this issue in an ethical way?

- Can this problem be studied empirically – Can I collect information “in the field” about it? - Is... Academic publishing, Caribbean, Jamaica 1139 Words | 5 Pages Creolisation in the Caribbean theorizing the Caribbean? How has Douglarisation contributed to the identity debate? Even though there is a separation created... by geographic distances and different independent states, it is still possible to talk in general terms of the Caribbean, and of Caribbean literature. The common experience of colonialism, displacement, slavery, indenture, emancipation and nationalism has shaped most West Indian environments, creating a unity of experience that can be identified as particularly Caribbean. These... Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, Caribbean Sea 1885 Words | 6 Pages Globalization in the Caribbean GLOBALIZATION IN THE CARIBBEAN Introduction: Globalization has been seen by some as beneficial where it is the key to future world... economic development, it is irreversible and inevitable. On the other hand, some view it as a mode to increase inequality within and between nations, threatens employment and living standards and thwarts social progress. It is the result of human innovation and technological progress. Globalization refers to the integration of the world economies, predominantly...

Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, Caribbean Community 2647 Words | 7 Pages Earthquakes. Why Some Places Suffer More Than Others. Earthquakes: Why do some places suffer more than others? Whilst earthquakes are perhaps the most frequently occurring natural... hazard, their impact on people, property and communities varies enormously from one place to another. It is possible to identify a number of factors that cause some places to suffer more than others. Whilst some are large scale and are to do with tectonic location, others are decided at a much more local scale, and relate to building design and levels of preparedness. ... 1906 San Francisco earthquake, 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, 2008 Sichuan earthquake 1548 Words | 4 Pages The Process of an Earthquake state what the cause of earthquakes was. In 1960, Michell noted that “earthquakes and the waves of energy that they make are... caused by shifting masses of rock, miles below the surface” in a scientific memoir (USGS, 32). In order for you to completely understand the process of an earthquake you must first understand the process of how an earthquake is measured.

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In the Caribbean, education is one of the institutions that is viewed as having the most promise for betterment... Education, Institution, Marxism 1787 Words | 3 Pages Malthusian Theory in Relation to the Caribbean relation to the Caribbean According to Chinapoo et Al (2014), Thomas Malthus’s Theory (1798), claims that population growth is determined by... certain natural laws and food supply was the main limit to population. He argued that population increases faster than the food supply and compared the way in which each increases. Malthus' theory of population can be used to explain the dynamics of the relationship between population and resources in less developed territories. Since the Caribbean is considered... Caribbean, Demographic economics, Demography 2012 Words | 5 Pages Earthquakes EARTHQUAKES DHORI: Cracks on a salt marsh can be seen on this aerial view of the epicentre of the recent... earthquake near Dhori village some 20 km. (12 miles) from Bhuj in the western Indian state of Gujarat, Saturday Feb. 3, 2001.

(AP Photo/Enric Marti) AHMEDABAD: Residents of Ahmedabad, India, survey earthquake damage Saturday, Jan. 27, 2001. Officials predicted as many as 6,000 may have been killed in the 7.9 magnitude earthquake in western India on Friday.(AP Photo/Saurabh Das) The 2001 Gujarat... Bhuj, Earthquake, Gujarat 1799 Words | 5 Pages Caribbean Civilization Nationalism, Independence, Dependence and Regionalism. The genesis of colonialism in the Caribbean and how it has taken... root in the political, social and economic institutions. Race and Class and how they both cohere to shape the social, political and economic landscape of the Caribbean. Explain and understand how these forces work to determine the mosaic of Caribbean society, for example, how they resonate and reinforce rigid institutional hierarchies in education, politics and religion...

Barbados, Caribbean, Caribbean Community 1395 Words | 5 Pages 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami Williams GEOG 161-01 14 April 2014 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami One of the many forms of natural... disaster is an earthquake. An earthquake is a violent shaking of the ground due to the movements of tectonic plates under the sea. The edges of the tectonic plates are marked by faults and when the fault lines collide or slide past each other, an earthquake would occur. The arrival of an earthquake usually starts off on a location under the earth’s surface also known... 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, Earthquake, Indian Ocean 780 Words | 5 Pages Caribbean Studies CARIBBEAN STUDIES QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS: CAPE 2005 MODULE ONE: CARIBBEAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE 1. Identify the geographical... sub-region to which St Lucia, Grenada and Antigua belong. (1 mark) - The Lesser Antilles 2. Name the chain of islands in the Caribbean which is located entirely in the Atlantic Ocean.

(1 mark) * The Bahamas * 3. Explain what is meant by a ‘historical’ definition of the Caribbean region. (2 marks) * This describes those islands that saw the... Barbados, Caribbean, Greater Antilles 755 Words | 4 Pages Caribbean Philosophy A brief overview to some of the main Caribbean philosophers Afro-Caribbean philosophical consist within the... wider framework of African, European, and Afro-American philosophical traditions. There were different languages in the history of Caribbean philosophy; English, French and Spanish. The following paper tries to give a Brief summary of the most influential authors. Eric Eustace Williams (1911 – 1981) was prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 1961 until... Atlantic slave trade, C. L. R. James, Caribbean 1675 Words | 5 Pages Caribbean StudiesPast Paper Questions 2006 2010 1 ﻿Caribbean Studies Past paper questions MODULE 1- CARIBBEAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE 1. Define the term ‘Commonwealth... Caribbean’. 2 marks 2. Name TWO geographical sub-regions in the Caribbean. 2 marks 3.

Identify TWO territories which are located in the Caribbean but are not politically defined as the Caribbean. 2 marks 4. Outline ONE advantage of defining the Caribbean in geographical terms. 2 marks 5. Outline ONE disadvantage of using a geological basis for defining... Barbados, Caribbean, Caribbean Community 4312 Words | 8 Pages Earthquake Riks and Schools in Kathmandu EARTHQUAKE RISKS IN SCHOOLS OF KATHMANDU -Prabesh Ghimire Earthquakes have occurred on earth's surface since times... immemorial. Thousands and thousands of earthquakes happen every year; however, most of them go unnoticed as they are either too weak on the Richter scale or happen in remotest of the areas. Earthquakes almost always result in loss of life and property; the magnitude of the problem depending upon the extent of quake. Earthquakes often pose serious risks to public health as issue of... Disaster risk reduction, Earthquake, Emergency management 1508 Words | 5 Pages caribbean culture the contributions of the various ethnic groups to Caribbean society The history of the Caribbean is... rich with adventurous tales, blended cultures, and natural diversity.

The impact of colonialism and slavery can still be seen in many of the island cultures today; so much so, in fact, that travellers often note a sense of living with the near-tangible history that permeates the region. Knowing the history of the Caribbean region goes a long way toward understanding its people... African people, Atlantic slave trade, Caribbean 2012 Words | 6 Pages Geology of the Caribbean Islands 2012 Geology of the Caribbean Islands Have you ever wondered how the famous tropical land masses located in Central... America, known as the Caribbean Islands, came to existence? Well geologists have dated some of the rocks in the islands such as, Cuba and Trinidad, as far back as the Jurassic time period. This means the rocks formed about 145-200 million years ago, therefore the eldest islands from the Caribbean date way back to the time of dinosaurs. European countries such as Spain, France... Caribbean, Cuba, Greater Antilles 1177 Words | 4 Pages Kanto Earthquake Japan ﻿Behind The Scenes Of The Great Kanto Earthquake: The Real Significance Of The Kanto Earthquake And What We Need To Learn From It...

On the 1st of every September, the country of Japan celebrates the Disaster Prevention Day, a day of safety measures and drills, commemorating the great earthquake that struck the Kanto region of the country on the same date back in 1923. The damage to property and lives caused by the earthquake singles it out as one of the most­ destructive events in the history of... Earthquake, Honshū, Japan 1432 Words | 5 Pages Earthquakes In Japan ﻿Investigating Earthquakes – Japan Gurjit & Ashwin Preliminary questions: a. Why do earthquakes happen in this location? b.... Does this location fall on any fault lines? c. What are they doing to prepare themselves? d. How often earthquakes happen in this location? e. The last earthquake? f. The strongest earthquake? g. What are the hazards of earthquakes in this area? h. How are the structures built in this area Investigation: i. Japan is located in an area where several continental...

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ii) Entrepreneurs can create employment opportunities to the public... Economic development, Economic growth, Economics 785 Words | 4 Pages Izmit Earthquake 1999 Anatolian may be even more dangerous than they thought. To be accurate, every fault line is dangerous, but it was over looked at how powerful... the earthquakes that the Anatolian fault produced. So what is the history of the fault? Where did other earthquakes happen? How many people died? Is there another earthquake on the horizon? Well I am glad you asked. The country of Turkey lies on the Anatolian Plate. The fault is a strike-slip fault much like the commonly known San Andreas Fault in the United... Anatolia, Ankara, Earthquake 1394 Words | 4 Pages Christchurch earthquake ﻿February 22nd Earthquake On Tuesday 22nd of February 2011 there was a 6.3 magnitude earthquake at 12:51pm. The damage in... Christchurch was far more substantial than the damage caused in the 7.1 earthquake only 5 months before. 185 people were killed in the February earth quake and thousands more were injured.

The epicentre of the earthquake was very close to Lyttelton and only 10 kilometres out from Christchurch Central city. The fault line that ruptured and caused the earth quake was the 15... Earth, Earthquake, Fault 1856 Words | 6 Pages Caribbean Studies TO WHAT EXTENT CAN IT BE ARGUED THAT GENOCIDE AND REVOLUTION ARE CENTRAL THEMES IN CARIBBEAN HISTORY? [30mks] Throughout the... history of the conquest and the colonization period in Caribbean history, individuals and groups sought freedom from oppression which manifested itself in central themes of Caribbean history: genocide and revolution. These themes were discussed prior to the beginning of the colonization period which dated back to the 1783s, the period of the encomienda system to emancipation... African people, Atlantic slave trade, Caribbean 904 Words | 3 Pages 2012 Caribbean Studies Report Module 1 – Caribbean Society and Culture Question 1 Candidates were given a map of the Caribbean and asked to identify...

countries where (a) Chinese indentured labourers worked after emancipation; (b) where large numbers of Indian indentured labourers worked after emancipation; and (c) where Javanese indentured labourers worked after emancipation. Most candidates were able to score at least one or two marks from this question. Part (a) posed the greatest challenge as most candidates were not... Barbados, Caribbean, Indenture 1530 Words | 5 Pages

Question: In which Caribbean country did an earthquake kill thousands in January 2010?
Answer: HAITI