171 affected cases, 1 dead were reported in Mexico. It was inevitable with this instance that Cholera would spread beyond the Caribbean. It is been said that 715,000 people were sickened of Cholera including peacekeeping troops sent from Nepal by the UN due to poor sanitary facilities in Haiti and Dominican Republic. 9000 people were reported dead. Mexico is not considering the WHO approved vaccine for Cholera outbreak.
An earthquake is what happens when two blocks of earth suddenly slip past one another. The location below the earth’s surface where the earthquake starts is called the Hypocenter. The Charleston Earthquake of 1886 was a turning point in history because it was the most destructive earthquake in Charleston. When the earthquake first began, Anthony Toomer Porter and others who witnessed the earthquake, tried to get into contact with their families. “We all began at once to telegraph Charleston but received no response.
The belt extends from Chile, northward along the South American coast through Central America, Mexico, the West Coast of the United States, and the southern part of Alaska, through the Aleutian Islands to Japan, the Philippine Islands, New Guinea, the island groups of the Southwest Pacific, and to New Zealand. This earthquake belt was responsible for 70,000 deaths in Peru in May 1970, and 65 deaths and a billion dollars' damage in California in February 1971. As disaster crews and scientists examine the havoc wrought in Haiti, questions emerge as to whether such a vastly destructive disaster could happen at home in the United States. Would citizens know how to react? Cities are located near dangerous earthquake zones all throughout the country, from the most infamous on the West Coast to potential time bombs in the Midwest and even on the Eastern Seaboard.
Haiti A Third World Country Strayer University SOC 300 Deborah Sarmiento Nicole Braun March 10, 2013 HAITI A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY 2 Haiti A Third World Country Haiti today is in a state of near-complete disorder, verging on chaos in some areas. The trauma of repeated, massive flooding in the northwest has only exacerbated Haiti’s already desperate political, economic, and security situation. Moreover, there is little reason for optimism in the near future. Haiti’s police force is in complete disarray; the only forces capable of bringing some degree of order are the understaffed UN peacekeeping force, currently operating at just over half its mandated strength, and the loose patchwork of illegal but armed gangs and militias that have taken control of various parts of the island. The latter have demonstrated disturbing patterns of open violence and a lack of respect for the rule of law.
This is an analysis on what is known to be the largest earthquake and biggest tsunami ever to hit Japan on March 11, 2011. The earthquake and tsunami Japans coast lies in ruins after the earthquake hit followed by the tsunami picking up everything in its path like cars, houses, and warehouses. Seismometers, strain gages, and title gages records the disaster. P-waves travel at four miles a second and within seconds warnings flash across the country. The S-waves shake the ground making earthquakes so damaging and the reactor core is shut down (Kerger, 2011.
Earthquake in Haiti January 12, 2010, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 hit Haiti. Earthquake caused a lot of damage in Port-Au-prince, Leogane, Jacmel, and many of the surrounding communities. The earthquake left many Haitians homeless and with ruined crops. After 15 days the earthquake hit, the government estimated that their was 230,000 deaths, and about one million displaced people within the area of port-au-prince. 598,000 people migrated from the affected areas to other locations in Haiti.
In January of 2010 the small country of Haiti, about the size of the state of Maryland, was struck by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, killing 300,000 people in the countries capital of Port-au-Prince. Immediately after this horrible natural disaster hit, all types of help and relief were sent to Haiti to help. However this is not the first time in the country's history that it needed intervention. Practically for the past 100 years the country it needed some type of help. Although Haiti is far from being a first world country, all the help and intervention the country received it greatly needed.
The 2010 disaster in Haiti showed the power of the socialistic system on a global scale. On January 12 a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw (moment magnitude scale- used to measure the size of earthquakes) struck near Port au Prince, the capital of Haiti. (USGS, 2012) By the January 24th, there was a total count of 52 aftershocks measuring from 4.5 Mw – 6.1 Mw. Haiti reacted with an appeal for humanitarian aid from many aid organizations, the United Nations, and René Préval, the president of Haiti. Many countries responded to the request by launching fund-raising efforts, as well as sending rescue teams.
Using a tectonic activity you have studied, how effective was the management of the event? On 12th January 2010, at 16:53, a Magnitude 7 earthquake struck with epicentre just a short distance west of Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital city. 3,000,000 people required aid, 230,000 died, and 1,000,000 people were made homeless. It is true to say that a M7 earthquake would cause devastation in any country, but this was particularly so in Haiti due to the poor management of the event. There are three main factors to consider when assessing the management of a tectonic event: prediction, preparation, and response.
The damage in Canterbury is estimated at around $2billion. However Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world, and does not implement the same building codes that saved so many lives and buildings in the Canterbury earthquake. Well constructed and earthquake proof buildings are a rarity in Haiti. An estimate suggests that 250,000 homes were destroyed or severely damaged in Haiti, leaving nearly 1 million people homeless. A clear indication of how little resources and building training the people of Haiti had is shown in even