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Haiti Earthquake Fast Facts. (2017, December 20). Retrieved from https://www.cnn.com/2013/12/12/world/haiti-earthquake-fast-facts/index.html

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A case of cholera began around the Artibonite River in October of 2010, just 10 months after the earthquake.  This river had been the major source of drinking water that the people of Haiti accessed and had been contaminated with fecal matter.  By 2016, it had sickened 770,000 people and 9,200 of the illnesses became fatal.  In 2011, the United Nation’s troops were claimed responsible for this epidemic and were asked to provide new, safe water systems and waste management plants for those affected.  Though the UN had never acknowledged they had been the cause of this outbreak, they funded a program that would provide sanitation and vaccinations for the cholera bacteria in 2012.  In 2013, a group named the Institute for Justice and Democracy In Haiti had filed a lawsuit against the United Nations, seeking justice for the thousands of people affected by this contagion.

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A Canadian-sponsored program provided grants to thousands of residents, allowing them to rebuilt and repair collapsed buildings.  By 2014, 100,000 people still had no permanent house and by 2016, 62,000 people were still displaced.

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Due to the overwhelming use of hospitals and medical assistance, survivors were forced to wait several days before receiving treatment.  Morgues quickly reached capacity and corpses were left in the streets.  Roughly half of the rubble that covered the streets of Port-au-Prince had been cleared two years after the earthquake struck and places became habitable where half a million people stayed in tents.

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Numerous international aid organizations provided food and water supplies, and medical assistance to the families affected by this earthquake.  After most of the damage was done, the cities electric power system failed, communication lines were destroyed, and roads were blocked with debris.

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In August of 2008, two tropical storms and hurricanes struck the city and had damaged the city substantially.  When the earthquake in 2010 hit, the city was still in recovery from the storms and had inadequate infrastructure before the disaster.

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Deaths: 220,000 - 300,000

Injured: 300,000

Displaced People: 1.5 million
Nearly 3 million people were affected, accounting for one third of the country's population.

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Geologists believed the earthquake was caused by movement of the Caribbean tectonic plate rubbing along the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden (EPG) fault system.  However, this was ruled out when there was no surface deformation.  The real cause for the earthquake was concluded when geologists found contractional deformation along the Léogâne fault, located underneath the city of Léogâne.  This fault cannot be observed near earth's surface and moves down at an angle away from the EPG system.  When these two faults grinded against one another, it resulted in the massive earthquake.

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The West Indian island of Hispaniola experienced a tremendous earthquake on January 12, 2010.   The earthquake hit at 4:53pm with an initial magnitude of 7.0 followed by many aftershocks registering at magnitudes of 5.9 and 5.5.  The aftershocks occurred January 20th, 35 miles west of Port-au-Prince.