Major Earthquake Haiti - Wednesday evening

[GeoDave]

Reports just coming through...

"A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Haiti, rocking the capital and sparking a tsunami alert for neighbouring states. The tremor hit at 1653 (2153 GMT), about 15km (10m) south-west of Port-au-Prince, the US Geological Survey said. Haiti's envoy to the US said it was a "catastrophe of major proportions" as reports from the capital spoke of casualties and damage."

[Victoria]

Yep, just saw the email from USGS.  Doesn't sound good...

[GeoDave]

First pictures and reports beginning to be published.....looks very bad. I have put together some quick links:

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2010/haiti.quake/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8455629.stm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/haiti/
http://mashable.com/2010/01/12/haiti-earthquake-pictures/
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/last_event/world_haiti.html
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2010/01/13/haiti-earthquake/

[Mark Storey]

there's a live blog on the guardian website http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2010/jan/13/haiti-earthquake

[ValVannet]

My very quick response for a class this morning http://www.4shared.com/file/195963235/6cd0f87b/Haiti_Earthquake___Fact_File.html

Perhaps someone can use it?

[Victoria]

Thanks Val - we were sent home again today (ice this time, rather than snow) but will send to my GCSE and A Level groups.

[Stephen Schwab]

timeMAGAZINE Website has ppt photos

[Andrew Stacey]

Useful looking site with a team out mapping for the relief efforts - emergency mapping by Mapaction http://mapaction.org/deployments.html    They also cover Sumatra quake, and lots of floods and hurricanes.  Neat GIS application 

[pigboy]

some excellent maps here as well :
http://ocha-gwapps1.unog.ch/rw/rwb.nsf/doc404?OpenForm

[Paul]

I have put together a ppt and thinking skills activity based on the reasons for the high death toll. Ironically my year 9s were tomorrow just about to start three lessons on the tsunami of 2004 so i have quickly changed plans!
I plan to print out the slides 4-8 on individual A4 sheets and give to pupils in groups for them to order and explain their reasons.
Please feel free to download and use slides 2-3 to  add accurate facts about the earthquake (deaths, injured homeless etc...)

http://www.slideshare.net/mrcornish/haiti-earthquake-2010

Paul

 

[Mark Storey]

Thanks Val and Paul for sharing those 

[Blue Square Thing]

Don't know if anyone can use this at all (maybe A Level???), but Pat Robertson (err, American hard core conservative christian tv evangelical type, ex presidential candidate etc...) is getting into loonspud territory:

Pat Robertson: Haiti "Cursed" After "Pact to the Devil"

Might be interesting for some, just to consider how different peoples view stuff like this.

[zyxwvut]

Photos from boston.com:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/01/earthquake_in_haiti.html

Earthquake aid pledged by country:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/jan/14/haiti-quake-aid-pledges-country-donations#data

Earthquakes with 1000 or more deaths since 1900 - mashup map:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/mapxmlfiles/earthquake.htm
and explanation of mashup:
http://apb.directionsmag.com/archives/7139-USA-Today-Mashup-Provides-Lesson-in-Plate-Tectonics.html

More from USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-01-14-quake-interactive-map_N.htm
and:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/port-au-prince-haiti-before-after-images.htm

Are earthquakes on the increase?
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/increase_in_earthquakes.php

[helen]

Thanks for info everyone. Starting Restless Earth topic with year 7 today and will be looking at this disaster instead of doing planned lesson
helen

[Alan Parkinson]

How a teacher responded...
http://educationontheplate.wordpress.com/2010/01/13/life-vs-the-curriculum/

Life vs. the Curriculum

With Geography, life is the curriculum....