2010 Haitian Earthquake Resources

Natural Hazards Center Resources

The following are some Natural Hazards Center earthquake resources and reports that might be useful in understanding the impacts of the January 12 Haitian Quake.

California Shakeout Scenario Supplementary Reports
These supplementary reports to the California Shakeout exercise examine potential vulnerabilities such as fire following an earthquake, the performance of concrete buildings and unreinforced masonry, compromised hazardous materials and pipelines, and other concerns.

Natural Hazards Center Earthquake Resource Page
A wide collection of online resources ranging from earthquake science to preparedness and response.

QR166: Damage Assessment After the Paso Robles Earthquake: Lessons for Emergency Management
A look at how damage assessment facilitates response and recovery efforts.

QR160: El Salvador Earthquakes: Resource Loss, Traumatic Event Exposure, and Psychological Functioning
An examination of psychological response to earthquakes by people existing in an already traumatic environment.

QR102: First Aid Response to the Kobe Earthquake
A brief survey of medical treatment provided by healthcare workers and lay people in the hours after the Kobe, Japan earthquake.

QR83: Response to a Damaging Earthquake in an Environment of Political Turmoil
Using the 1995 Dinar, Turkey earthquake as a backdrop, the author examines the impact of an earthquake on a community already experiencing political, financial, and religious strife.

News and Commentary

Articles featuring comments by Hazards Center Director Kathleen Tierney

Researchers Await Their Turn In Haiti, National Public Radio, February 2

CU Expert: Preventive Aid Needed for Countries That Face Disasters, Boulder Daily Camera, February 1

Haiti Earthquake a Reminder That Disasters are Preventable, CU-Boulder Expert Says, University of Colorado Press Release, February 1

Scope of Haiti's Need is Overwhelming, CNN.com, January 2010

CU Professors Comment on Haiti Earthquake CU Independent, January 20, 2010

Should We Call It Looting? The Atlantic Wire, January 18, 2010

Haiti Is Not Katrina, CNN.com, January 15, 2010

The Looting Lie, Campus Progress, January 15, 2010

Flood of Aid to Haiti Looks Like Chaos, But Normal Associated Press, January 14, 2010

Why Haiti Keeps Getting Hammered by Disasters Associated Press, January 13, 2010

Articles featuring comments by former Hazards Center Director Dennis Mileti

After the Destruction: What Will It Take to Rebuild Haiti? Time, January 16, 2010

Haitians Mobilize as the International Community Scrambles to Bring Humanitarian Assistance, MediaGlobal, January 15, 2010

Commentary

Looting and Violence in Haiti: Rumor vs. Reality by Amanda Ripley, Time Magazine contributor and author of Unthinkable. Unthinkable Blog, January 20, 2010.

Overcoming Our Disaster Myopia in Haiti by Howard Kunreuther, Co-Director of the Risk Management and Decision Processes Center at the University of Pennsylvania. The Washington Post, January 19, 2010.

The Haiti Quake Must Not Be Dismissed as an "Act of God" by Brian Tucker, Founder of GeoHazards International. The Guardian, January 14, 2010.

Articles and Other Media of Interest

Faultlines: The Politics of Rebuilding Haiti, Al Jazeera (English), February 11, 2010

A Deadly Quake in a Seismic Hot Zone, New York Times, January 25, 2010

Conference Looks to Future of Haiti Reconstruction, PBS Newshour, January 25, 2010

Haiti Earthquake Shows Need for Disaster Mitigation, Huffington Post, January 25, 2010

Patiently, U.S. Soldiers Struggle to Help Haiti Rebuild, Christian Science Monitor, January 24, 2010

How Doctors Without Borders Set Up Field Hospitals in Haiti, Popular Mechanics, January 22, 2010

Web Resources

The Natural Hazards Center maintains a list of helpful Web resources. Below are some related to the Haitian Earthquake.

USNS Comfort Twitter Feed
The U.S. Naval Ship Comfort has been providing medical care off the coast of Haiti since about January 19. Their daily tweets include status updates of patients treated and other news on the injured.

Ushahidi Haiti
Ushahidi collects crisis information sent from cell phones, e-mails, or other web-based technologies, aggregates it, and maps it. This page, customized for the 2010 Haitian Earthquake, has been a work in progress since the early hours of the event.

Crisis Commons Haiti Earthquake Wiki
This wiki shows the tools created by Crisis Commons, an international project that provides technological tools for disaster response and mitigation.

Haiti Supersite
Features Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery, as well as seismological, topographical, and GPS data.

Wikipedia's 2010 Haiti Earthquake
Includes earthquake details, damage estimates, rescue efforts and aid situation. Links out to maps and other information about earthquakes.

The USGS Haiti Earthquake page
The USGS has a wealth of information on the earthquake, including an overview of seismological activity, summary reports, maps and, scientific and technical resources.

Incorporated Research Institute for Seismology (IRIS)
This website provides scholarly research, education, earthquake hazard mitigation, and overall earthquake information. IRIS is a university organization that collects and distributes research of the Earth’s interior.

MCEER Information Service
This is a comprehensive source of information on earthquake engineering, hazards mitigation, disaster preparedness, and additional related topics.

Disaster Relief Organizations

CARE (USA)

Catholic Relief Services

Church World Services

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Mercy Corps

Oxfam

Salvation Army

Save the Children (USA)

UNICEF

World Vision