Earthquake in Haiti
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The effects caused by earthquakes are really depressing. They cause loss of human life and have effects on the economy. Earthquakes can happen at any time anywhere.A earthquake that really affected man kind was in Haiti. In January 12, 2010 an earthquake of a magnitude of 7.0 hit the nation of Haiti. An estimation of 316,000 people were killed, and more than 1.3 million Haitians were left homeless.
Haiti was left in chaos. After the earthquake families were separated because a lot of people were killed. Houses, schools, and hospitals fell down. It will take time for Haiti to recover from the earthquake. The damages are economic issues, health, and environmental issues that effect the island of Haiti. After the earthquake there were 2 aftershocks every day till the 27th. The aftershocks each had a magnitude of almost 7. The collapsed buildings defied the landscape of the disaster area. This came as a consequence of Haiti’s lack of building. A lot of people were killed because the buildings collapsed and they were under them or near them. Geologists said the quakes were caused by the movement of the caribbean tectonic plates moving eastward. They found no damage done by the tectonic plates and closed the case. The red cross sent almost 3 million volunteers to clean up ruble and help save the people that where still under all the mess.
Nobody ever wants to experience what Haiti expirienced but most natural desasters are impossible to predict. But, it is possible to prevent such fatal damage like Hati could improve on their building structures and try to fguere out how the eartquake might have been caused and tried to get away from the area or try
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