Haiti Earthquake Information

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Enormity SR 7.3 magnitude earthquake that shook Haiti caused nearly paralyzed the entire infrastructure, including communications.

“The whole town is in darkness. Thousands of people sat on the street. They do not know where to go,” said Rachmani Domersant, Operations Manager Food for the Poor. Some of the main building, such as offices, hotels, and shops in the Haitian capital, Port-Au-Prince, collapsed due to strong earthquake on Tuesday (12/1/2010).

The ruins are expected to accumulate hundreds or even suspected to be into the thousands of people. They were trapped under rubble. As stated by one of the U.S. aid agency workers.

“I’ve seen, seven or eight buildings, ranging from office buildings to hotels and shopping center collapsed … I think the hundreds of casualties is expected to shrink,” he said. Until now not known how many victims died.

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Latest News About Earthquake in Haiti.

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Representative Office of the United Nations in Port-au-Prince, Haiti destroyed after a powerful earthquake struck the country. UN official release mentions, their offices were damaged seriously enough. In the broadcast also mentioned, they lost contact with large numbers of UN personnel stationed in the country. “So far, we can only say they were lost. But we are still continue to seek contact with them,” said Alain Leroy, the head of UN peacekeeping operations.

According to him, the office of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) that was destroyed, including a number of installation. Communication facilities are also cut off. Until now, it is still trying to get contact with them.

MINUSTAH stood since 2004, reinforced by 7060 troops and 2091 police. They served to keep peace in the nation of 8 million on this Caribbean island.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon expressed concern over the disaster. He expressed deep condolences to the families of the victims died in the accident.

Thousands of people still believed trapped in collapsed buildings. Karel Zelenka, Catholic Relief Services representative in the last call before it could not be reached at all states of thousands of people might die if aid does not soon come. “They’re all still buried,” he said.

Some netter still managed to send information through the social networking site on the current state of Haiti. Richard Morse, American musician who now manages hotels in Haiti Olaffson post via Twitter videotape of the destruction of the surrounding buildings. He also upload a few photos from some of his colleagues. He only wrote a brief, “Mass Destruction” in his tweet.

Earthquake estimated at 7.0 on the Richter Scale. The earthquake was centered in the west of Port-au-Prince in the depths of 10 km.

A USGS Geofisikawati, Kristin Marano, said the quake was the largest since 1770 earlier. In 1946, an earthquake of 8.1 on the Richter Scale occurred in the Dominican Republic and Haiti are also related. The earthquake caused a tsunami and killed 1790 people.

The earthquake was also felt in the Dominican Republic and Cuba to the east, but reported no major damage in both places.

President Barack Obama has ordered the U.S. officials prepare to give humanitarian aid to Haiti. Meanwhile, Venezuela’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nicolas Maduro, said his government plans to send military planes to carry groceries, water, and medicines. Latin countries will also send a rescue team of 50 people.
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