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portfolios: earthquake in haiti

The Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 earthquake, with the epicentre near the town of Léogâne, approximately 25 km (16 miles) west of Port-au-Prince.

The earthquake occurred at 16:53 PM local time on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. At least 52 aftershocks measuring 4.5 or greater had been recorded by January 24th.

An estimated three million people were affected by the quake. The death toll is over 300,000 people. It was the worst earthquake in the region in over 200 years.

A mother and her newborn baby in a maternity tent at the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince.
   
Bourdon section of Port-au-Prince.
   
     
  
Kitchen floor
   
A photograph of a girl near a pile of rubble.
   
     
  
Women praying in a tent city.
   
  
     
  
   
Two women praying at a service inside a tent city.
   
A tent city in Christ-Roi section of Port-au-Prince.
     
  
   
  
     
  
Two children sitting inside of an abandoned car.
   
A woman in thought inside the back of a pick-up truck.
   
A woman sitting outside of a tent city.
     
  
   
  
A young woman resting after an amputation.
     
  
   
  
A woman in labor at a maternity tent for victims.
     
  
   
A mother comforting her child as Swiss doctors put on a cast.
   
     
  
   
A girl having her hair combed and braided.
   
Nepalese UN soldier on patrol.
     
  
   
Brazilian UN Troops.
   
     
  
   
Collapsed building on top of a vehicle.
   
     
  
People walking by a body of a young boy near the Cathedral.
   
  
Cathedral
     
  
Praying in front of the National Palace.