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THE 2010 HAITI EARTHQUAKE - THE CARIBBEAN HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE | 316,000 Lives Los

🏚️💔 THE 2010 HAITI EARTHQUAKE - THE CARIBBEAN HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE | 316,000 Lives Lost 🏚️💔 January 12, 2010, 4:53 PM - A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck 25 km from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, collapsing buildings across the capital and devastating the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation. Government estimates reported 316,000 deaths, 300,000 injured, and 1.5 million displaced in one of history's deadliest earthquakes. Poor building construction, dense urban population, lack of emergency services, and pre-existing poverty turned a moderate earthquake into an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe requiring the largest international relief operation ever mounted, revealing challenges of disaster response in developing nations. 📊 CARIBBEAN HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE FACTS: • 316,000 deaths (Haitian government estimate, some estimates lower) • 300,000+ injured, many requiring amputations • 1.5 million people displaced at peak • 250,000 residences and 30,000 commercial buildings destroyed • Magnitude 7.0 - moderate but devastating due to vulnerability • 13 km depth - shallow earthquake amplified damage • Presidential Palace, UN headquarters, hospitals destroyed • $8-14 billion damage (more than Haiti's annual GDP) • Cholera epidemic killed 10,000+ more in aftermath • Legacy: Humanitarian coordination reforms and building resilience focus