1. M7.0 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES HAITI THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE’S POOREST NATION WITH 8 IN 10 AT POVERTY LEVEL 4:53 p.m.; JANUARY 12, 2010 From the Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction With contributions from NEMO Secretariat Saint Lucia

2. NATURAL HAZARDS FACED BY MANY ISLAND NATIONS FLOODS HURRICANES TYPHOONS EARTHQUAKES &TSUNAMIS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS WILDFIRES DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS FOR ACTIONS HAVING HIGH BENEFIT/COST FOR ENTIRE REGION GOAL: BE READY FOR THE INEVITABLE

3. LOCATION

4. It was the largest quake ever recorded in the area and the first major one since a M6.7 temblor in 1984 IT OCCURRED IN THE NORTH AMERICAN-CARIBBEAN PLATE SUBDUCTION ZONE

5. A CAPITOL OF 1.8 MILLION IN A NATION OF NINE MILLION

6. SHALLOW HYPOCENTER The US Geological Survey reported that the earthquake was centered about 10 miles (16 km) west of Port- au-Prince, with 1.8 million people in the area at high risk. The quake’s shallow depth - about 5 miles (8 km), exacerbated damage.

7. IT OCCURRED ON THE ENRIQUILLO - PLANTAIN GARDEN FAULT, A STRIKE SLIP FAULT ZONE THAT BEARS THE STRESS CAUSED BY THE CONVERGENCE OF THE CARIBBEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN TECTONIC PLATES IN THIS LOCATION.

8. THE ENRIQUILLO – PLANTAIN GARDEN FAULT

9. FAULT MAP: HAITI AND DOMINION REPUBLIC

10. GROUND SHAKING HAZARD MAP

11. TSUNAMI WARNING A tsunami warming was issued and later withdrawn.

12. THE PRESIDENT OF HAITI SURVIVED The President survived and took control of the emergency response.

13. SOCIETAL IMPACTS The lives of 3 million Haitians were adversely impacted. The Dominion Republic, Haiti’s neighbor, which experienced a M8.0 earthquake and tsunami in 1946 on a thrust fault, escaped with minimal impact, but remains at high risk in future quakes.

14. PEOPLE SLEEPING ON THE STREET: JANUARY 12

15. EVACUATION OF INJURED

16. SURVIVORS SLEEPING IN TENTS: JANUARY 15

17. CATASTROPHIC DEATH TOLL FEARED The fear is that tens of thousands of casualties will be found during search and rescue operations and as the rubble of thousands of collapsed buildings is cleared.

18. DEATH TOLL MAY REACH TENS OF THOUSANDS

19. BUILDING DAMAGE Thousands of buildings (e.g., houses, schools, prisons, hospitals) were damaged or destroyed. After years of political instability in Haiti, no modern construction standards have been implemented..

20. INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE Power was knocked out. Communication was disrupted. Utility service was interrupted. Roads were damaged. The airport’s control tower was badly damaged. The port was damaged.

21. DAMAGED ROADS

22. TOUSSANT L’OUVERATURE AIRPORT: PORT AU PRINCE The airport’s communication tower was damaged in the earthquake. An operational runway was receiving military transports with supplies the next day. The airport’s “normal” day of 25 flights quickly became more than 50 flights.

23. TOUSSANT L’OUVERATURE AIRPORT

24. PORT DAMAGE Piers were broken. Cranes were overturned. Containers were toppled. Debris was everywhere.

25. PORT: TOPPLED CONTAINERS

26. BEFORE AND AFTER: PORT AU PRINCE

27. DAMAGE TO HOUSES ON HILLSIDE: PORT AU PRINCE

28. EXAMPLE OF DAMAGE TO HOMES: PORT AU PRINCE

31. EXAMPLE OF DAMAGE: PORT AU PRINCE

34. CLASSIC “X” CRACKS: PORT AU PRINCE

35. SOCIETAL IMPACTS: PUBLIC BUILDINGS Numerous public buildings were destroyed, including: a hospital, the Presidential Palace, the parliament building, the Finance Ministry, The Public Works Ministry, the Palace of Justice and Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Port-au- Prince, the national cathedral

36. CLASSIC “PANCAKE” EFFECT: PRESIDENTIAL RESIDENCE

37. BEFORE THE QUAKE: THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL

38. AFTER THE QUAKE: CATHEDRAL BADLY DAMAGED

39. EXAMPLE OF DAMAGE TO HOMES: PORT AU PRINCE

40. EXAMPLE OF DAMAGE: PORT AU PRINCE

43. OFFICES OF THE UNITED NATIONS The building housing United Nations personnel collapsed, killing the Head of the UN’s Peace Keeping Force, and possibly others. 100 UN workers are missing. The UN’s humanitarian assistance was slowed, but not stopped.

44. THE CARICOM SECRETARIAT The CARICOM Secretariat, survived with very little damage and became HQ for CARICOMs interventions.

45. THE US EMBASSY The US Embassy, which was constructed in accordance with a modern building code, survived with very little damage, while other buildings in the vicinity collapsed.

46. INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE Numerous nations (e.g., Cuba, China, Venezuela, Mexico, Taiwan, Spain, Italy, UK, France, Brazil US etc.) began to provide assistance in a variety of ways immediately.

47. INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE International NGO’s responded immediately (e.g., Catholic Relief Services, World Vision, International Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, The Salvation Army, etc.,).

48. PRIORITY ONE IS SAVING HAITIAN LIVES Search and rescue, which started with the efforts of individual survivors, was augmented with international experts and heavy equipment. A major concern is how to care for the homeless and injured Haitians and how and where to provide temporary housing for them.

49. SEARCH AND RESCUE IN A SCHOOL BY INDIVIDUALS: JAN 13

50. SEARCH AND RESCUE UNDERWAY: JAN 13

52. TIAWAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM: TO ASSIST

53. BRITISH SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM: TO ASSIST

54. ISRAELI TEAM: TO ASSIST

55. SPANISH SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM: TO ASSIST

56. US TEAMS [VIRGINIA and LA] TO ASSIST

57. TRAFFIC JAMS HINDER SEARCH AND RESCUE; JAN 14

58. SURVIVORS RECEIVING WATER: JAN 14

59. SURVIVORS FILLING WATER BOTTLES: JAN 15

60. INFECTUOUS DISEASES FEARED With the possibility of tens of thousands of deaths and the shortage and contamination of water, another fear is the onset of diseases such as malaria.

61. HAITI HAS EXPERIENCED MANY PAST DISASTERS

62. HAITI’S POVERTY EXACERBATED BY PAST DISASTERS Mudslides caused by Hurricane Gordon killed more than 1,000 people in 1994 Hurricane Georges killed more than 400 and destroyed most of the crops in 1998.

63. HAITI’S POVERTY EXACERBATED BY PAST DISASTERS In 2004, heavy rains from Hurricane Jeanne caused landslides and flooding that killed more than 3,000 people, mostly in the city of Gonaives.

64. HAITI’S POVERTY EXACERBATED BY PAST DISASTERS Haiti was hit in 2008, by four severe windstorms: tropical storm Fay and hurricanes Hanna, Gustav, and Ike. Damage was estimated at $ 1 billion.

65. THE KEY IS: 1) KNOW THE DISASTER HISTORY OF YOUR REGION 2) KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY Lesson