January 12th, the worst earthquake in
200 years - 7.0 in magnitude - struck less than ten miles from the
Caribbean city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The initial quake was later
followed by twelve aftershocks greater than magnitude 5.0. Structures
of all kinds were damaged or collapsed, from shantytown homes to
national landmarks. It is still very early in the recovery effort, but
millions are likely displaced, and thousands are feared dead as rescue
teams from all over the world are now descending on Haiti to help where
they are able.A Haitian woman is covered in rubble on
January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince after a huge earthquake rocked the
impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti, toppling buildings and causing
widespread damage and panic, officials and AFP witnesses said. A
tsunami alert was immediately issued for the Caribbean region after the
earthquake struck at 2153 GMT.
2.People
seek safety in the aftermath of a severe earthquake on rue Capois in
Port-Au-Prince, Haiti on January 12th, 2010.
3.A body lies amid rubble on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince after a huge
earthquake.
4.A
fire breaks out near a building, which was damaged after a major
earthquake struck, in Port-au-Prince in this January 12, 2010 video
grab.
4.This
photo provided by Carel Pedre shows people running past rubble of a
damaged building in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. The
largest earthquake ever recorded in the area shook Haiti on Tuesday,
collapsing a hospital where people screamed for help.
6.Buildings
are seen damaged in the neighborhood of Petionville, Port-Au-Prince
shortly after an earthquake hit Haiti, January 12, 2010. The 7.0
magnitude quake rocked Haiti, killing possibly thousands of people as
it toppled the presidential palace and hillside shanties alike and
leaving the poor Caribbean nation appealing for international help.
7.Anthony
Guarino, a seismic analyst at the Caltech Seismological Laboratory,
shows the 7.0 earthquake peak from the Haiti earthquake at the
laboratory in Pasadena, California on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.
8.A
quake-destroyed building in the streets of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti on
January 12th, 2010.
9.A
man calls for help while being trapped at the Port-au-Prince
University, after a major earthquake struck, in Port-au-Prince in this
January 13, 2010 video grab.
10.Haitians
walk past damaged buildings on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince Haiti
after a huge earthquake.
11.People
walk along a street lined with buildings, which were destroyed after a
major earthquake struck, in Port-au-Prince in this January 12, 2010
video grab.
12.Criss-cross
cracking and other damage to a building is seen on January 12, 2010 in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti after a huge earthquake.
13.A
view of the badly damaged presidential palace - the center portion
formerly 3 stories tall - after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
on January 13, 2010.
14.A
Haitian woman is helped from the rubble of a damaged building on
January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince after a massive earthquake struck
the Caribbean nation.
15.A
woman is helped to safety after being trapped in rubble on January 12,
2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
16.A
person sits on the ground in front of a destroyed building in
Port-au-Prince after a huge earthquake on January 12, 2010.
17.Residents wait for medical treatment after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince
January 13, 2010.
18.A injured child receives medical treatment after an earthquake in
Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010.
19.People come to the aid of a wounded man on January 12, 2010 in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
20.Residents search for victims after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince January
13, 2010.
21.This
Jan. 12, 2010 photo shows an injured person being tended to at Hotel
Villa Creole in Port-au-Prince, Haiti after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake
hit the Caribbean nation.
22.Injured
women wait on the floor at the emergency clinic of Petionville on
January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
23.Residents sleep in the street after the earthquake in Port-au-Prince January
13, 2010.
24.Displaced
people carry a wounded man out of a clinic as aftershocks occur,
following a major earthquake on January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti.
25.A
man with two broken legs sits in the street amongst other wounded
people, following a major earthquake on January 13, 2010 in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
26.People
search for survivors amongst the ruins of the children's hospital,
following a major earthquake on January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti.
27.Earthquake
survivors sit on a bloody floor in an emergency clinic in Petionville
on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
28.A
woman faints in the arms of a medic in an emergency clinic in
Petionville on January 12, 2010 in earthquake-stricken Port-au-Prince,
Haiti.
29.People
search for survivors amongst the rubble of the Caribbean Super Market
in Delmas on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
30.Elie
Isaac, left, and Caleb Roseme, both of Norwich, Connecticut, pray for
the people of the Caribbean Islands, at the First Haitian Baptist
Church of Norwich, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. Both men have family and
friends in Haiti, one of the countries hit by the largest earthquake to
ever hit the Caribbean Islands.
31.A
father carries his duaghter after a major earthquake on January 12,
2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
32.An
injured person is seen in the street after an earthquake hit
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.
33.Venezuelan
rescuers load medical equipment onto a plane heading to Port-au-Prince,
Haiti, on January 13, 2010 at the Simon Bolivar international airport
in Caracas, following a huge quake which rocked the impoverished
Caribbean nation, toppling buildings and leaving hundreds of people
missing and feared dead.
34.British
Search and Rescue teams prepare to leave Gatwick airport, West Sussex
to provide assistance to relief and rescue teams in Haiti, on January
13, 2010.
35.Taiwan
rescue teams stand by at the fire department in Taipei on January 13,
2010 as they prepare to head to Haiti to help with the rescue effort
following an earthquake.
36.Los
Angeles County Fire Department urban search and rescue team load
equipment in the Pacoima area of Los Angeles January 12, 2010. The team
will travel to Haiti to help with rescue efforts after a magnitude 7.0
earthquake hit the capital Port-au-Prince.
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37.A view of a damaged neighborhood in the Canape-Vert area on January 13,
2010, after an earthquake the day before in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
38.A girl reacts in the street shortly after a large earthquake struck in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti on January 12th, 2010
39.Residents search for survivors among the debris after an earthquake in
Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010.
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40.An injured woman is helped after being rescued on January 13, 2010 in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
41.A person approaches several bodies lying in the rubble along Delmas
road the day after an earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, Haiti,
Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010.
42.A day after the earthquake, a young woman climbs over shopping carts
and the rubble of a collapsed store on January 13, 2010 in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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43.A person ties a dead woman's feet together as she is attended to on the
side of a road the day after an earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti,
Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010.
44.Men carry an injured woman near a clinic on January 13, 2010 in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
45.People look at what remains of a six-story communications building on
January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
46.People search for survivors under the rubble of a collapsed building
the day after an earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan.
13, 2010.
47.Residents walk past a dead body after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince
January 13, 2010.
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