The 2010 Haiti earthquake struck on the afternoon of 12 January 2010, with a magnitude of 7.0, and its epicentre lay near Leogane, about 25 kilometres west of the capital Port-au-Prince. It occurred on the fault system that runs along the southern edge of the island of Hispaniola, and the shaking was shallow and violent. Port-au-Prince and nearby towns were devastated, and thousands of buildings, including the presidential palace and the cathedral, collapsed or were badly damaged. Estimates of the number of dead vary widely, from well under one hundred thousand in some studies to more than two hundred thousand in official figures. More than a million people were left homeless, and a cholera outbreak later in 2010 added to the suffering. International aid poured in, but recovery was slow.
Before and after
- 2010The Neanderthal genome is published
- 20102010 becomes the warmest year on record
- 2010Global life expectancy reaches 70 years
- 4 January 2010Construction of Burj Khalifa
- 12 January 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 27 February 20102010 Chile earthquake
- from 27 March 2010 to 2 February 2013Premiere of Victorious
- from 5 April 2010 to 3 September 2018Premiere of Adventure Time
- 6 April 2010Founding of Xiaomi
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