Shocking After Earthquake Photos – Haiti

The quake struck on January 12, 2010 at 4:53 p.m.
• The 7.0 magnitude quake’s epicenter hit just 10 miles west of Porte-au-Prince and its 2 million inhabitants
• 3 million people in need of emergency aid after major earthquake
• The major quake sent 33 aftershocks ranging in magnitude from 4.2 to 5.9
• The Red Cross dispatched a relief team from Geneva and the UN’s World Food Program is flying in two planes with emergency food aid.
• The Inter-American Development Bank said it was immediately approving a $200,000 grant for emergency aid.
• Some 9,000 peacekeepers have been in Haiti since 2004, including 1,266 Brazilians.
• Haiti has no real construction standards.
• November 2008: Following the collapse of a school in Petionville, the mayor of Port-au-Prince estimated about 60% of buildings were shoddily built and unsafe in normal circumstances.

Desperate Haiti children

Rescuing survivors from the ruins.

Fight for water

Fight for life

Searching for survivors

The Haiti cemeteries

Removal of the flag of Haiti in front of the ruins of the presidential palace.

Fight for life

Fight for life

Desperate for help

Sharing water packs for vulnerable people

The fight for food in front of the destroyed shops Port-o-Prensa

Successful rescue action

Rescue team resting

After the earthquake

Return of the survivors at the airport in Madrid

Evacuation

Fighting for life

Fight for life

Desperate woman

Fighting for life

Desperate man

The ruins of the Port-o-Prensa

Stealing from the ruins

Searching for survivors

Fighting for life

The sight from the port of Port-of-Prensa

Haiti child after earthquake