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2010 Haiti earthquake
 The heavily damaged National Palace after the earthquake. | |
| UTC time | 2010-01-12 21:53 |
|---|---|
| ISC event | 14226221 |
| USGS-ANSS | ComCat |
| Local date | 12 January 2010 |
| Local time | 16:53:10 EST |
| Magnitude | 7.0 Mw (USGS) 7.3 Mw (EMSC) |
| Depth | 13 km (8.1 mi) |
| Epicenter | 18°28′N 72°32′W / 18.46°N 72.53°W |
| Areas affected | Haiti, Dominican Republic |
| Max. intensity | IX (Violent) |
| Peak acceleration | 0.5 g[1] |
| Tsunami | Yes (localized) |
| Casualties | 100,000 to 316,000 deaths (the higher figure is from a government estimate widely charged with being deliberately inflated;[2] a figure of about 160,000 is provided in a 2010 University of Michigan study;[3] the 100,000 figure is suggested by the U.S. Geological Survey.)[4] |
The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a very strong earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12, 2010. On the scientific scale that measures the magnitude (or strength) of an earthquake, the quake scored a magnitude of 7.3 Mw. The center of the earthquake was near Léogâne, very close to Port-au-Prince, the capital and largest city of Haiti. It was only about 25 kilometres (16 mi) west. The earthquake hit in the afternoon, at 16:53:10 local time (21:53:10 UTC).[5] Haiti already was the poorest country in the western hemisphere, and was not able to take care of all the people that needed help.[6] It is the one of the deadliest earthquakes in the world.
- ↑ Lin, Rong-Gong; Allen, Sam (26 February 2011). "New Zealand quake raises questions about L.A. buildings". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ↑ Two Years Later, Haitian Earthquake Death Toll in Dispute - Columbia Journalism Review Columbia Journalism Review, "Two Years Later, Haitian Earthquake Death Toll in Dispute", 20 January 2012
- ↑ Kolbe, Athena R.; Hutson, Royce A.; Shannon, Harry; Trzcinski, Eileen; Miles, Bart; Levitz, Naomi; Puccio, Marie; James, Leah; Roger Noel, Jean; Muggah, Robert (2010). "Mortality, crime and access to basic needs before and after the Haiti earthquake: a random survey of Port-au-Prince households". Medicine, Conflict and Survival. 26 (4): 281–297. doi:10.1080/13623699.2010.535279. PMID 21314081. S2CID 26000167.
- ↑ "Earthquakes with 50,000 or More Deaths". Archived from the original on 5 June 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2012. U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquakes with 50,000 or More Deaths
- ↑ "USGS Magnitude 7.0 – HAITI REGION". Archived from the original on 15 January 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
- ↑ "CIA World Factbook - Haiti". CIA. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2013. "The World Factbook". Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
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