Left: Haiti left in ruin after the 2010 quake (Available at: http://pepbonet.com/2010/01/portfolio/haiti-earthquake/)
Right: Japan extensively damaged after both an earthquake and tsunami in 2011 (Available at: http://www.worldvision.com.au/Issues/Emergencies/PastEmergencies/JapanEarthquakeTsunami2011.aspx
Right: Japan extensively damaged after both an earthquake and tsunami in 2011 (Available at: http://www.worldvision.com.au/Issues/Emergencies/PastEmergencies/JapanEarthquakeTsunami2011.aspx
In the years of 2010 and 2011 respectively, Haiti and Japan were both struck by heavily damaging earthquakes, and many were killed. The damage was extensive, and huge amounts of pressure were placed on other countries, as well as Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) (charities) to help these countries out, as well as the affected countries themselves obviously.
On the 12th of January 2010, Haiti was hit by an earthquake, measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale, and its capital, Port-au-Prince was levelled. An estimated 200-316 thousand people were killed and some 300,000 were injured. Around 1.5 million people were displaced (left homeless) and some 280,000 people remain so today (CNN Library, 2014).
The 11th of March, 2011 also saw the East Coast of Honshu, Japan hit with an earthquake, this time of magnitude 9.0 on the Richter scale, where an estimated 20,896 people lost their lives. Japan was also hit by a large tsunami as a result (USGS, 2012).
This website provides a comparison between how an underdeveloped country, in this case Haiti, compares to a developed country such as Japan when coping with natural disasters, in this case, with a focus on earthquakes. The comparison is to be made under the topics linked to in the above tabs.