haiti earthquake presentation

THE DEVASTATING EARTHQAUKE OF HAITI

THE DEVASTATING EARTHQAUKE THE DEVASTATING EARTHQAUKE OF HAITIOF HAITI

Presented by:Presented by:ErEr. . PrabinPrabin TandanTandanBuilding Technology Research and Training Building Technology Research and Training CentreCentreHetaudaHetauda, , MakawanpurMakawanpur

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January 15, 2012

Hetauda municipality

Hetauda, Makawanapur

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THE HAITIAN DEVASTATION A PREVIEW

� Magnitude – 7.0 Richter scale• Time – 12 Tuesday, 2010 21:53:10 UTC�Location – 18.443 deg. N, 72.571 deg. W;

in the boundary between Caribbean plate (moving eastward with respect to) North American plate.

�Depth – 13 km�Distance – 25 km. WSW of Port-Au -Prince,

Haiti

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CASUALTIES :

No. of Deaths : 2,22,570No. of people injured : 3,00,000No. of people displaced : 13 lakhsHouses destroyed : 97,294Houses damaged : 1,88,383Estimated economic loss : $7.8 billion

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History of Earthquakes in Haiti1751 A.D.(Port-au -Prince) : Almost all

masonry buildings completely collapsed

1770 A.D. (Port-au -Prince) : Magnitude 7.5; over 200 people killed

1842 A.D. (Cap-Haitien ) : 10,000 people killed

1946 A.D. (Dominican Republic) : Magnitude 8.0; 1600 people killed in Haiti 4

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Comparison between three Earthquakes: Why did Haiti suffer

more?

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Comparision between three Earthquakes: Why did Haiti suffer more?

Observatory Earthquake Readiness Workshop, La Serena November 2007

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Causes of the Catastrophe:

� Focus very close to the ground (only 13 km from ground surface)

� Most houses poorly constructed, building codes not properly followed

� Dense urban environment� Lack of Earthquake preparation (People in some

earthquakes have saved lives after getting alarm from warning systems)

� Lack of proper rescue and relief (China mobilized its military effectively to save many lives)

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What can we learn from it?

� We have similar infrastructures and haphazard urban development

� Building codes are not properly followed� Our only international airport has no Earthquake

emergency plan (The airport in Haiti was only half functioning at the time of Earthquake)

� Our economical condition is too low to provide immediate relief in case of disasters

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