Summary
The impoverished nation of Haiti was devastated by an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude, on 12 January 2010. It was one of the few earthquakes to occur near a capital city. Port-au-Prince was levelled.
Description
The impoverished nation of Haiti was devastated
by an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude, on 12 January
2010. It was one of the few earthquakes to occur
near a capital city. Port-au-Prince was levelled.
More than one million Haitians were left homeless
by the disaster which killed 220,000 people.
The Inter-American Development Bank puts the
cost of the disaster at up to US$13.2 billion.
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Last Updated: 24 September 2014