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Haiti earthquake of 2010, Earthquake that occurred in Haiti in 2010. The magnitude-7.0 earthquake hit near Port-au-Prince on January 12 and was followed by a series of aftershocks that continued for the next several days. Much of the city was reduced to rubble, and the surrounding region was devastated. According to the Haitian government, more than 300,000 people died, though other estimates were considerably smaller. More than one million were left homeless. Haiti, already beset by a strained and inadequate infrastructure, was ill-prepared to deal with the crisis, and a public-health emergency ensued, which included an outbreak of cholera. A multiyear international relief effort provided aid.

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Haiti, country in the Caribbean Sea that includes the western third of the island of Hispaniola and such smaller islands as Gonâve, Tortue (Tortuga), Grande Caye, and Vache. The capital is Port-au-Prince. Haiti, whose population is almost entirely descended from enslaved African people, won
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Earthquake, any sudden shaking of the ground caused by the passage of seismic waves through Earth’s rocks. Seismic waves are produced when some form of energy stored in Earth’s crust is suddenly released, usually when masses of rock straining against one another suddenly fracture and “slip.”