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This is a list of
populated places
and structures affected by the
2010 Haiti earthquake
, a
magnitude 7.0 M
w
earthquake
that occurred on 12 January 2010, with an
epicentre
approximately 25 km (16 mi) west of
Port-au-Prince
,
Haiti
,
[1]
and affected an estimated three million people.
[2]
The Haitian government estimated that 230,000 people died,
[3]
300,000 were injured and 1,000,000 made homeless by the quake.
[4]
The earthquake caused extensive
damage to infrastructure
in southwestern Haiti?in February, Prime Minister
Jean-Max Bellerive
estimated that 250,000
residences
and 30,000
commercial buildings
had collapsed or were severely damaged.
[5]
The deputy mayor of Leogane, at the
epicentre
of the earthquake,
[6]
reported that 90 percent of buildings in the city were destroyed and Leogane had "to be totally rebuilt."
[7]
As much as 90 percent of
Grand-Goave
was devastated, including all public buildings.
[8]
[9]
In
Gressier
, 40?50 percent of buildings were destroyed; the same in the worst-affected areas of
Carrefour
.
[10]
Jacmel
, the capital of
Sud-Est
department
, also was heavily affected; 70 percent of homes in the city were damaged according to the mayor of
Jacmel
,
[11]
as well as the airport, hospital and city hall building.
[12]
[13]
Many
landmark
buildings were damaged or destroyed, including the
Presidential Palace
,
[14]
the
National Assembly
building (
Palais Legislatif
), the
Supreme Court
building (
Palais de Justice
)
[15]
and the
Holy Trinity
and
Port-au-Prince Cathedrals
.
[15]
Port-au-Prince's main port and airport, the
Port international de Port-au-Prince
and
Toussaint Louverture International Airport
also suffered severe damage,
[16]
[17]
as did
Killick
, the
Haitian Coast Guard
's base in the capital city.
[18]
The
Cine Institute
, Haiti's only
film school
, "lost two buildings".
[19]
Populated places
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]
Ouest department
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]
Sud-Est department
[
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Structures
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See also
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References
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.
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30 April
2010
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- ^
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.
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30 April
2010
.
- ^
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.
The Washington Post
.
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2010
.
- ^
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.
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30 April
2010
.
- ^
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.
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.
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.
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a
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.
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. Retrieved
30 April
2010
.
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a
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.
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5 October
2010
.
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a
b
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.
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"
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.
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.
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.
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.
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b
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.
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.
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.
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- ^
a
b
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.
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. Retrieved
13 October
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.
- ^
a
b
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.
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. Retrieved
13 October
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.
- ^
a
b
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.
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. Retrieved
7 October
2010
.
- ^
a
b
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.
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. Retrieved
7 October
2010
.
- ^
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.
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(in Portuguese). 16 January 2010. Archived from
the original
on 11 July 2011
. Retrieved
5 October
2010
.
- ^
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.
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. Retrieved
5 October
2010
.
- ^
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"Outside Port-au-Prince, 'towns are absolutely destroyed'
"
.
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. Retrieved
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.
- ^
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.
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. Retrieved
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2010
.