domingo, 7 de febrero de 2010

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The 2010 earthquake was recorded Haiti on 12 January 2010 at 16:53:09 local time (21:53:09 UTC) with epicenter at 15 km from Port au Prince, Haiti's capital. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake would have had a magnitude of 7.0 degrees and would have generated at a depth of 10 km. There has also been a series of aftershocks, the strongest being the 5, 9, 5.5 and 5.1 degrees. NOAA dismissed the danger of a tsunami in the area. The earthquake was the strongest recorded in the area since the events in 1770. The quake was felt in nearby countries such as Cuba, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic, where it caused fear and precautionary evacuations.

The effects caused on the poorest country in Latin America have been devastating. The bodies recovered on 25 January exceeded 150,000, calculated that the death toll could reach 200,000. Have also produced more than 250,000 wounded and left a million homeless people. It is considered one of the most serious humanitarian disasters in history.

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