Massive Earthquake In Haiti

in News by Tajuddin — January 15, 2010 at 15:31 | 0 comments | 6,189 views |

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On Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 12, less than 16 km from the city of Port-au-Prince, there was very strong for 200 years, an earthquake measuring 7.0 points. Shortly after the first jolt was followed by another 12 – all in more than 5.0 points. Collapsed building various types – from the poorest slums to the monuments of national culture. Renovation work to carry out too early, but millions of people homeless and thousands – were killed. Rescue teams from around the world flock to Haiti to help the victims.

Woman loses consciousness at the hands of the doctor in the hospital district of Petionville in Port-au-Prince, Haiti,

Members of the Fire Department rescue team the Los Angeles County loaded equipment in the Los Angeles

Haitians are looking for survivors in the wreckage of the Caribbean supermarket in Port-au-Prince

International Federation of Red Cross estimates the number of affected 3 million people.

The authorities report that after the earthquake followed by several aftershocks.

Haitians walk past destroyed buildings in Port-au-Prince on January 12.

Men gaityanke help to get out from under the wreckage in Port-au-Prince on January 12.

Girl cries after the earthquake in Port-au-Prince on January 12.

People run past the rubble of destroyed buildings in Port-au-Prince

Struck floors of flats in Port-au-Prince on January 12.

Presidential Palace in Haiti, snow-white colonial-style building also suffered from the earthquake.

Haitians are wounded on a stretcher in Port-au-Prince on January 12.

Houses in Thomassine about 19 km east of Port-au-Prince is also affected by the earthquake

Haitians took to the streets of Port-au-Prince after the first tremor occurred.

Cracks crawled around the house after an earthquake

Women unsuccessfully trying to get through to relatives in Haiti from a small area of the Haitian in Miami

People following the earthquake in Port-au-Prince,

The body lay amid the wreckage of January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince after the earthquake.

The fire broke out near the building

View of the destroyed buildings in the area Petionvll,

Seismic analyst at the Seismic Laboratory Kaltek – shows a peak at 7.0 points earthquake

In an earthquake in a building on the streets

The man calls for help, stuck under the rubble of a university building

Gaityanke help to get out from under the rubble of the building

Local residents are waiting for doctors

Medics help a wounded child

People come to the aid of a wounded man

Residents looking for the earthquake victims in Port-au-Prince

The wounded woman lying on the floor of the hospital in anticipation of physicians

Residents of Port-au-Prince, sleep on the streets after the earthquake

Man with two broken legs sitting on the street among other injuries after the earthquake

People are searching for survivors among the ruins of the children’s hospital

Survivors of earthquake sit on the bloody floor of the hospital in Petionville

Praying for the people Koribskih islands in the first Haitian Baptist Church of Norwich 12 January 2010.

Father has a daughter after the earthquake in Port-au-Prince

The wounded woman on the street

Venezuelan rescuers loaded medical equipment and drugs on a plane bound for Port-au-Prince

British rescuers are preparing to leave Gatwick, West Sussex, to help people in Haiti

Taiwanese rescue team standing by the fire department in Taipei

View of the destroyed in the earthquake area Canape-Vert in the capital of Haiti

Local residents in search of survivors among the debris of collapsed buildings in Port-au-Prince

Injured she was led along one of the streets of the Haitian capital.

A young man comes to the corpses lying in the rubble at the road Delmas in the Haitian capital.

A day after the earthquake, she sneaks through the wreckage of a supermarket.

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