Haiti earthquake
The largest earthquake ever recorded in the area rocked Haiti on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 and was centered about 10 miles west of Port-au-Prince. Read more of today's news about Haiti.
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People walk past a crushed car and other rubble in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, after the largest earthquake ever recorded in Haiti. Casualties were expected to be substantial.
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Collapsed floors are seen on a damaged building in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, after the largest earthquake ever recorded in Haiti.
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A damaged building is seen after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. The largest earthquake ever recorded in the area rocked Haiti on Tuesday. The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 and was centered about 10 miles west of Port-au-Prince.
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This photo provided by Carel Pedre shows people running past rubble of a damaged building in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.
Carel Pedre Associated Press
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People carry an injured person after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.
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This Jan. 12, 2010, photo shows a damaged building near the Hotel Villa Creole in Port-au-Prince, Haiti after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit the Caribbean nation. The International Red Cross says a third of Haiti's 9 million people may need emergency aid and that it would take a day or two for a clear picture of the damage to emerge from Tuesday's earthquake.
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This Jan. 12, 2010, photo shows a man helping an injured person at the Hotel Villa Creole in Port-au-Prince, Haiti after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit the Caribbean nation.
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This photo provided by Medecins Sans Frontieres shows wounded people gathered at the office of Medecins Sans Frontieres in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday Jan. 13, 2010. Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital Wednesday after the strongest earthquake hit the poor Caribbean nation in more than 200 years crushed thousands of structures, from schools and shacks to the National Palace and the U.N. peacekeeping headquarters.
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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.
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In this image made available by the American Red Cross in London, Wednesday Jan. 13, 2010, shows earthquake damage to a shanty town on the outskirts of Port au Prince, following a major earthquake in Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010.
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In this image made available by the American Red Cross in London, Wednesday Jan. 13, 2010, a young earthquake survivor is given first aid in a shanty town on the outskirts of Port au Prince, following a major earthquake in Haiti, Tuesday Jan. 12, 2010.
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People search for survivors under the rubble of a collapse building the day after an earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. The 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday flattened the president's palace, the cathedral, hospitals, schools, the main prison and whole neighborhoods.
Ricardo Arduengo Associated Press
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Injured people are attended to outside the Villa Creole Hotel the day after a 7.0 earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010.
Ricardo Arduengo Associated Press
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An injured girl lies on the side of the road as she is attended to the day after a 7.0 earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010.
Ricardo Arduengo Associated Press
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A woman stands in the rubble of her home the day after an earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010.
Gregory Bull Associated Press
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A woman cries after finding the body of a loved one after the earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Tuesday.
Lynne Sladky Associated Press
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Homes affected by an earthquake are seen in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Tuesday.
Jorge Cruz Associated Press
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People stand on rubble along Delmas road the day after an earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010.
Jorge Cruz Associated Press
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Louivanie Carty prays for the victims of the Haiti's earthquake at the First Haitian Church of God in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010.
Matt Rourke Associated Press
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Debris lays in the street after an earthquake along the Delmas Road in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake, the largest ever recorded in the area, rocked Haiti on Tuesday.
Jorge Cruz Associated Press
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Injured people are carried away in a truck after an earthquake in Delmas, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010.
Jorge Cruz Associated Press
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People walk through the streets after a powerful earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.
Cris Bierrenbach Associated Press
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In this image made available by the American Red Cross in London, Wednesday Jan. 13, 2010, an earthquake survivor weeps in a shantytown on the outskirts of Port au Prince, following a major earthquake in Haiti, Tuesday Jan. 12, 2010.
Matt Cross American Red Cross
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People gather outside Haiti's National Palace, which was heavily damaged by an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010.
Jorge Cruz Associated Press
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A UN car is covered in rubble the day after an earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. The 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday flattened the president's palace, the cathedral, hospitals, schools, the main prison and whole neighborhoods.
Ricardo Arduengo Associated Press
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