Explain how an Earthquake you have studied caused problems for the local inhabitants.
An example of a recent earthquake was the Haiti earthquake which occurred on January 2010 the earthquake was recorded at 7.0 magnitude on the Richter scale the impacts on the people were...
In terms of impact on people the Haitian Government reports that three million people have been in some way affected by the quake. Approximately 316,000 people had died and 300,000 had been injured.
In terms of the impact on buildings, 250,000 homes had collapsed which left 1,000,000 people homeless.
In terms of the impacts on the natural environment, there was only one small spill near a coastal oil terminal, some minor warehouse fires, and a few small landslides close to the Port-au-Prince, but nothing that required a significant emergency response.
In terms of impact on people the Haitian Government reports that three million people have been in some way affected by the quake. Approximately 316,000 people had died and 300,000 had been injured.
In terms of the impact on buildings, 250,000 homes had collapsed which left 1,000,000 people homeless.
In terms of the impacts on the natural environment, there was only one small spill near a coastal oil terminal, some minor warehouse fires, and a few small landslides close to the Port-au-Prince, but nothing that required a significant emergency response.