Tens of thousands are feared dead after a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti on Tuesday afternoon.
Horrific scenes have emerged in the quakes aftermath as rescuers and survivors desperately search collapsed buildings as authorities scramble to coordinate a vast humanitarian relief effort.
The temblor left the president's National Palace in ruins, and flattened hospitals, schools, the nations main prison and entire neighborhoods.
Although no firm casualty counts have been released, death was everywhere in the capital city of Port-au-Prince on Wednesday.
The quake struck at 4:53 p.m. on Tuesday, with an epicenter 10 miles west of the capital city of Port-au-Prince, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
It was the areas strongest quake since 1770, according to USGS geophysicist Kristin Marano.
The quake occurred at a depth of roughly 5 miles, just below the surface on a notorious fault where two plates of the Earth's crust grind together, experts said.
i was confused about the title but figured it would just be footage of haiti with a michael jackson song playing.i was right.
because how could he tribute to haiti if he is dead???:'(thats why the tittle confused me.
DalekQueen 1 year ago
@DalekQueen Yeah. At first the video was called "Actual footage of the Haiti Earthquake 1/14/09" but I changed it to this. It was originally to get more views but since I now have a couple thousand I decided to change the title.
By the way, did I get the date right? Was it at "09" or "10". If it was 10 I'd change it. I think I made that mistake because I made this at the beginning of the New Year so I may have been confused.
d1995a3 1 year ago
@d1995a3 yea,since it was the beginning of the new year then yea it is 2010. so you might want to change it. but it is an honest mistake because it had just begun so...and it is going by so fast! have you noticed?
DalekQueen 1 year ago
@DalekQueen Yeah I have. Just yesterday it was April.
d1995a3 1 year ago