2. LESSONS FROM PAST NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES PART VI Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA

3. PAST NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES HAITI JANUARY 12, 2010 JANUARY 12, 2010 A MEGA-DISASTER that lingered on

4. EARTHQAKES ARE DYNAMIC LABORATORIES FOR LEARNING AND CATALYSTS FOR BUILDING CAPACITY FOR DISASTER-INTELLIGENT & DISASTER-RESILIENT COMMUNITES

5. OCCURRENCE

6. PORT AU PRINCE: 1.8 MILLION PEOPLE IN A NATION OF 9 MILLION

7. THE M7.0 HAITI EARTHQUAKE: JAN 12

8. INADEQUATE RESISTANCE TO HORIZONTAL GROUND SHAKING EARTHQUAKES SOIL AMPLIFICATION PERMANENT DISPLACEMENT (SURFACE FAULTING & GROUND FAILURE) IRREGULARITIES IN ELEVATION AND PLAN FIRE FOLLOWING RUPTURE OF UTILITIES LACK OF DETAILING AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS INATTENTION TO NON- STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS CAUSES OF DAMAGE “DISASTER LABORATORIES”

9. THE DEADLIEST DISASTER OF 2010 OCCURRED ON JANUARY 12TH M7.0 Haiti Earthquake that killed 230,000+, largely because of the inadequacy of the building code, left over 1 million homeless and jobless survivors stuck in tent cities facing a hurricane (Tomas), cholera outbreak, and health-care problems for the next three years. M7.0 Haiti Earthquake that killed 230,000+, largely because of the inadequacy of the building code, left over 1 million homeless and jobless survivors stuck in tent cities facing a hurricane (Tomas), cholera outbreak, and health-care problems for the next three years.

10. IMPACTS BUILDINGS

11. LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE  ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES  PREPAREDNESS PLANNING FOR THE INEVITABLE STRONG GROUND MOTION IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

12. DISTRIBUTION OF DAMAGE

13. LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE  ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES  PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

14. PORT AU PRINCE: A PROTECTION FAILURE

15. EXAMPLE OF DAMAGE: PORT AU PRINCE

16. COLLAPSE OF UN BUILDING: PORT AU PRINCE

17. PRESIDENTIAL PALACE: A PROTECTION NIGHTMARE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE: A PROTECTION NIGHTMARE

18. COLLAPSE OF NATIONAL CATHED- RAL: AN EMOTIONAL NIGHTMARE

19. COLLAPSE OF SUPER MARKET: AN EMOTIONAL NIGHTMARE

20. LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE  ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES  PREPAREDNESS PLANNING FOR THE INEVITABLE GROUND FAILURE IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

21. AERIAL VIEW AFTER LANDSLIDE

22. DAMAGED ROAD

23. PORT: TOPPLED CONTAINERS

24. PRESIDENTIAL PALACE: A PROTECTION NIGHTMARE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE: A PROTECTION NIGHTMARE  DISRUPTION OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IMPACTS EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF A DISASTER.

25. LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE  ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES  CAPACITY FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

26. THE INEVITABLE FIRE

27. EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION

28. VOLUNTEERS SEARCHING THE RUBBLE FOR SURVIVORS

29. SEARCH AND RESCUE

30. SEARCH AND RESCUE: PORT AU PRINCE

31. CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL: SEARCH AND RESCUE

32. SLEEPING IN THE STREET

33. EVACUATION OF INJURED

34. RED CROSS: EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

35. EVACUATING HOMELESS SURVIVORS

37. HAITIAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM

38. INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE: HOSPITAL SHIP “CONFORT”

39. USA CARRIER CARL VINSON ARRIVES

40. SEARCH AND RESCUE: VENEZUELAN TEAM

41. SEARCH AND RESCUE: SPANISH TEAM

42. SEARCH AND RESCUE: TAIWAN’S TEAM

43. SEARCH AND RESCUE: FRENCH TEAM

44. A LIVE RESCUE: FRENCH TEAM

45. A RESCUE AT THE UNIVERSITY

46. SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM: USA—LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPT.

47. DEBRIS REMOVAL BEGINS: JANUARY 26

48. TEMPORARY SHELTER: A SOCCOR FIELD

49. A WATER LINE

50. A TENT CITY AS TEMPORARY HOUSING

51. DAY OF MOURNING: FEBRUARY 23, 2010

52. DAY OF MOURNING

53. LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE  ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES  CAPACITY FOR RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

54. RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION ARE STILL UNDERWAY: JANUARY 12, 2013 A 3-YEAR MEGA-DISASTER, The M7.0 earthquake, which killed 230,000+, largely because of the inadequacy of the building code, left over 1 million homeless and jobless survivors stuck in tent cities facing annual hurricanes (e.g., Tomas), and coping with a cholera outbreak, and health-care problems. A 3-YEAR MEGA-DISASTER, The M7.0 earthquake, which killed 230,000+, largely because of the inadequacy of the building code, left over 1 million homeless and jobless survivors stuck in tent cities facing annual hurricanes (e.g., Tomas), and coping with a cholera outbreak, and health-care problems.

55. AFTER 3 YEARS; THE SOLUTION IS NOT YET ON THE BLACKBOARD