Learning From Past Notable Earthquakes The 7.0 magnitude 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. The lessons from this earthquake mega disaster touches every emotion we have. Presentation courtesy of Dr. Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction

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

2. LESSONS FROM PAST
NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES
PART VI

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

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.

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

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
 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

36. 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:
VENZEUELAN 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. TAKING CARE OF THE
DECEASED

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

55. 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.

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