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Haiti Earthquake News
- Another earthquake of 6.1 magnitude struck Haiti on Jan 20, 35 miles outside of Port-au-Prince

- A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck southern Haiti on January 12, 2010

- Earthquake impacted roughly one in three Haitians

- Estimated number of dead ranges from 45,000 to 200,000

- Red Cross states that approx 3 million people affected by the quake

- Lack of personnel, medical and rescue infrastructure compounded the number of casualties

- International Red Cross sent 40 tones of food supplies

- European Union released 3 million as emergency funding

- World Bank provides extra funding of $100 million to support recovery in Haiti

- At least 37 UN personnel working with United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti dead

- Several public figures died in the earthquake, including officials, clergy members, foreign civilians and military personnel working with the UN

- European Union announces US$199,000,000 reconstruction aid

Earthquake in Haiti, 2010
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To make donations
  • You can make a donation to Red Cross by calling 1-800-REDCROSS or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish)
  • You can text "HAITI" to 90999 to donate $10 to Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti
  • Text "Yele" to 501501 to donate $5 to Yele Haiti. Yele Haiti is founded by Wyclef Jean, a musician formerly belonging to 'The Fugees'.
  • Donation can be made on http://www.care.org/

As per the recent WHO estimation, Haiti earthquake has killed 50,000 people approximately.
WHO further stated that Earthquake in Haiti has caused "most serious humanitarian crisis faced by the United Nations" in decades. This also means that the Haitian emergency has exceeded the humanitarian destruction caused by the Asian Tsunami in 2004.

On Tuesday, 12 January 2010 Haiti was struck by a catastrophic 7.0 magnitude earthquake. A total of 33 aftershocks were recorded by United States Geological Survey, causing extensive damage to Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. The Presidential Palace, The National Assembly, the Port-au-Prince Cathedral and the main jail of Haiti were some of the most prominent buildings to have been damaged due to the earthquake.

A lot of international societies and agencies including United Nations, Red Cross and the president of Haiti have appealed for a humanitarian response and for donations to be made towards the damage caused by the Haiti Earthquake. Present US president Barack Obama and previous US Presidents like Bill Clinton and George Bush have also come forwards to raising funds for Haiti's recovery.