1. Haiti Earthquake 2010

2.  16:53 local time (21:53 UTC)  Tuesday, 12 January 2010

3.  Epicenter : 18.457°N 72.533°W  Near the town Léogâne  25 km away from capital, Port-au-Prince

4.  Magnitude of 7.0 on Richter Scale  52+ aftershocks measuring 4.5 or greater had been recorded  3 million people were affected by the earthquake

5.  316,000 people died  300,000 people were injured  1,000,000 people were made homeless  250,000 residences collapsed  30,000 commercial buildings collapsed

6.  Pacific Tsunami Warning Center  Tsunami warning immediately after initial quake  But cancelled again  2 weeks later tsunami hit small fishing town caused by small earthquakes.

7.  Vital Infrastructure damaged or destroyed  The airport and harbor were damaged which stopped immediate rescue operations  Streets were blocked  Communication systems broke down

8.  Humanitarian aid,  Pledging funds  Dispatching rescue  Medical teams, engineers and support personnel.  Confusion over who was in charge, air traffic congestion, and problems with prioritization of flights further complicated early relief work.

10.  Slept in streets, cars or on pavements  Houses collapsed 1-3 days after actual earthquake because they don’t have building codes  Dead people were laid on streets  Government gave parts of control to the USA  Programs to bring people out of port-au-prince

12.  Crime increased  Factories closed/broke down  Food shortage  No housing  Diseases spread

13.  98% of the rubble was still not cleared by july 2010 ( 20 million cubic meters )  31 may, 2011 BBC News reported that the death toll was much lower than expected