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mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terremotu_d%27Hait%C3%AD_de_2010" title="Terremotu d'Haití de 2010 – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Terremotu d'Haití de 2010" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti_z%C9%99lz%C9%99l%C9%99si" title="Haiti zəlzələsi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Haiti zəlzələsi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_n%C3%AE_Haiti_t%C4%93-t%C4%81ng" title="2010 nî Haiti tē-tāng – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="2010 nî Haiti tē-tāng" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B2_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8_(2010)" title="Земетресение в Хаити (2010) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Земетресение в Хаити (2010)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zemljotres_u_Haitiju_2010." title="Zemljotres u Haitiju 2010. – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Zemljotres u Haitiju 2010." data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terratr%C3%A8mol_d%27Hait%C3%AD_del_2010" title="Terratrèmol d'Haití del 2010 – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Terratrèmol d'Haití del 2010" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zem%C4%9Bt%C5%99esen%C3%AD_na_Haiti_2010" title="Zemětřesení na Haiti 2010 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Zemětřesení na Haiti 2010" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daeargryn_Haiti_2010" title="Daeargryn Haiti 2010 – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Daeargryn Haiti 2010" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordsk%C3%A6lvet_i_Haiti_2010" title="Jordskælvet i Haiti 2010 – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Jordskælvet i Haiti 2010" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdbeben_in_Haiti_2010" title="Erdbeben in Haiti 2010 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Erdbeben in Haiti 2010" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010._aasta_Haiti_maav%C3%A4rin" title="2010. aasta Haiti maavärin – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="2010. aasta Haiti maavärin" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%82_%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD_%CE%91%CF%8A%CF%84%CE%AE_%CF%84%CE%BF_2010" title="Σεισμός στην Αϊτή το 2010 – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σεισμός στην Αϊτή το 2010" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Haiti_earthquake" title="2010 Haiti earthquake – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="2010 Haiti earthquake" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terremoto_de_Hait%C3%AD_de_2010" title="Terremoto de Haití de 2010 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Terremoto de Haití de 2010" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tertremo_en_Haitio_en_2010" title="Tertremo en Haitio en 2010 – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Tertremo en Haitio en 2010" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010eko_Haitiko_lurrikara" title="2010eko Haitiko lurrikara – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="2010eko Haitiko lurrikara" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%87_%DB%B2%DB%B0%DB%B1%DB%B0_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="زمین‌لرزه ۲۰۱۰ هائیتی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="زمین‌لرزه ۲۰۱۰ هائیتی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9isme_de_2010_en_Ha%C3%AFti" title="Séisme de 2010 en Haïti – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Séisme de 2010 en Haïti" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crith_tal%C3%BAn_H%C3%A1%C3%ADt%C3%AD_(2010)" title="Crith talún Háítí (2010) – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Crith talún Háítí (2010)" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crith-thalmhainn_Haiti_2010" title="Crith-thalmhainn Haiti 2010 – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Crith-thalmhainn Haiti 2010" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terremoto_de_Hait%C3%AD_de_2010" title="Terremoto de Haití de 2010 – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Terremoto de Haití de 2010" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ki mw-list-item"><a href="https://ki.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C4%A9thingithia_k%C4%A9a_Haiti_k%C4%A9a_2010" title="Gĩthingithia kĩa Haiti kĩa 2010 – Kikuyu" lang="ki" hreflang="ki" data-title="Gĩthingithia kĩa Haiti kĩa 2010" data-language-autonym="Gĩkũyũ" data-language-local-name="Kikuyu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gĩkũyũ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%EB%85%84_%EC%95%84%EC%9D%B4%ED%8B%B0_%EC%A7%80%EC%A7%84" title="2010년 아이티 지진 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="2010년 아이티 지진" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%A9%D5%AB%D5%AB_%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AF%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B7%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AA_(2010)" title="Հայիթիի երկրաշարժ (2010) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հայիթիի երկրաշարժ (2010)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%A6_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA" title="२०१० हाइती भूकम्प – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="२०१० हाइती भूकम्प" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potres_na_Haitiju_2010." title="Potres na Haitiju 2010. – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Potres na Haitiju 2010." data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gempa_bumi_Haiti_2010" title="Gempa bumi Haiti 2010 – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Gempa bumi Haiti 2010" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jar%C3%B0skj%C3%A1lftinn_%C3%A1_Ha%C3%ADt%C3%AD_2010" title="Jarðskjálftinn á Haítí 2010 – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Jarðskjálftinn á Haítí 2010" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terremoto_di_Haiti_del_2010" title="Terremoto di Haiti del 2010 – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Terremoto di Haiti del 2010" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%93%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%93%D7%9E%D7%94_%D7%91%D7%94%D7%90%D7%99%D7%98%D7%99_(2010)" title="רעידת האדמה בהאיטי (2010) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="רעידת האדמה בהאיטי (2010)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B3%D1%96_%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80_%D1%81%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81%D1%96_(2010)" title="Гаитидегі жер сілкінісі (2010) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Гаитидегі жер сілкінісі (2010)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetemeko_la_ardhi_nchini_Haiti_2010" title="Tetemeko la ardhi nchini Haiti 2010 – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Tetemeko la ardhi nchini Haiti 2010" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tranblemannt%C3%A8_12_janvye_2010_nan_peyi_Ayiti" title="Tranblemanntè 12 janvye 2010 nan peyi Ayiti – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Tranblemanntè 12 janvye 2010 nan peyi Ayiti" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdheja_Ha%C3%AEtiy%C3%AA_2010" title="Erdheja Haîtiyê 2010 – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Erdheja Haîtiyê 2010" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terremoto_de_Ayti_de_2010" title="Terremoto de Ayti de 2010 – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Terremoto de Ayti de 2010" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010._gada_Haiti_zemestr%C4%ABce" title="2010. gada Haiti zemestrīce – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="2010. gada Haiti zemestrīce" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_m._%C5%BEem%C4%97s_dreb%C4%97jimas_Haityje" title="2010 m. žemės drebėjimas Haityje – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="2010 m. žemės drebėjimas Haityje" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010-es_haiti_f%C3%B6ldreng%C3%A9s" title="2010-es haiti földrengés – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="2010-es haiti földrengés" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%A6_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA" title="२०१० हाइती भूकम्प – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="२०१० हाइती भूकम्प" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%98%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8_(2010)" title="Земјотрес на Хаити (2010) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Земјотрес на Хаити (2010)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horohorontany_any_Haiti_tamin%27ny_26_Janoary_2010" title="Horohorontany any Haiti tamin'ny 26 Janoary 2010 – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Horohorontany any Haiti tamin'ny 26 Janoary 2010" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B9%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%AD%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%82_(2010)" title="ഹെയ്റ്റി ഭൂകമ്പം (2010) – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഹെയ്റ്റി ഭൂകമ്പം (2010)" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%A6_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AA" title="२०१० हैती भूकंप – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="२०१० हैती भूकंप" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gempa_bumi_Haiti_2010" title="Gempa bumi Haiti 2010 – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Gempa bumi Haiti 2010" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%81%82%E1%81%80%E1%81%81%E1%81%80_%E1%80%9F%E1%80%B1%E1%80%90%E1%80%AE%E1%80%84%E1%80%9C%E1%80%BB%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA" title="၂၀၁၀ ဟေတီငလျင် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="၂၀၁၀ ဟေတီငလျင်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardbeving_Ha%C3%AFti_2010" title="Aardbeving Haïti 2010 – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Aardbeving Haïti 2010" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%83%81%E5%9C%B0%E9%9C%87_(2010%E5%B9%B4)" title="ハイチ地震 (2010年) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ハイチ地震 (2010年)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordskjelvet_i_Haiti_2010" title="Jordskjelvet i Haiti 2010 – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Jordskjelvet i Haiti 2010" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordskjelvet_i_Haiti_12._januar_2010" title="Jordskjelvet i Haiti 12. januar 2010 – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Jordskjelvet i Haiti 12. januar 2010" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaiti_zilzilasi_(2010)" title="Gaiti zilzilasi (2010) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Gaiti zilzilasi (2010)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trz%C4%99sienie_ziemi_na_Haiti_(2010)" title="Trzęsienie ziemi na Haiti (2010) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Trzęsienie ziemi na Haiti (2010)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sismo_do_Haiti_de_2010" title="Sismo do Haiti de 2010 – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Sismo do Haiti de 2010" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutremurul_din_Haiti_(2010)" title="Cutremurul din Haiti (2010) – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Cutremurul din Haiti (2010)" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aytipi_pacha_kuyuy_(2010)" title="Aytipi pacha kuyuy (2010) – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Aytipi pacha kuyuy (2010)" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D1%8F%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8_(2010)" title="Землетрясение на Гаити (2010) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Землетрясение на Гаити (2010)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Haiti_yirdquauk" title="2010 Haiti yirdquauk – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="2010 Haiti yirdquauk" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%ABrmeti_n%C3%AB_Haiti_(2010)" title="Tërmeti në Haiti (2010) – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Tërmeti në Haiti (2010)" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zemetrasenie_na_Haiti_12._janu%C3%A1ra_2010" title="Zemetrasenie na Haiti 12. januára 2010 – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Zemetrasenie na Haiti 12. januára 2010" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potres_na_Haitiju_(2010)" title="Potres na Haitiju (2010) – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Potres na Haitiju (2010)" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trzy%C5%84%C5%9By%C5%84y_%C5%BAymje_na_Hajiti_we_2010" title="Trzyńśyńy źymje na Hajiti we 2010 – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Trzyńśyńy źymje na Hajiti we 2010" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti_Dhulgariir_(2010)" title="Haiti Dhulgariir (2010) – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Haiti Dhulgariir (2010)" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%88%D9%85%DB%95%D9%84%DB%95%D8%B1%D8%B2%DB%95%DB%8C_%D9%A2%D9%A0%D9%A1%D9%A0%DB%8C_%DA%BE%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="بوومەلەرزەی ٢٠١٠ی ھایتی – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="بوومەلەرزەی ٢٠١٠ی ھایتی" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%99%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%98%D1%83_2010." title="Земљотрес на Хаитију 2010. – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Земљотрес на Хаитију 2010." data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potres_na_Haitiju_2010." title="Potres na Haitiju 2010. – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Potres na Haitiju 2010." data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitin_maanj%C3%A4ristys_2010" title="Haitin maanjäristys 2010 – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Haitin maanjäristys 2010" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordb%C3%A4vningen_i_Haiti_2010" title="Jordbävningen i Haiti 2010 – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Jordbävningen i Haiti 2010" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindol_sa_Haiti_noong_2010" title="Lindol sa Haiti noong 2010 – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Lindol sa Haiti noong 2010" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="2010 எயிட்டி நிலநடுக்கம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="2010 எயிட்டி நிலநடுக்கம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%9C%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A7%E0%B9%83%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A8%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AE%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4_%E0%B8%9E.%E0%B8%A8._2553" title="แผ่นดินไหวในประเทศเฮติ พ.ศ. 2553 – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="แผ่นดินไหวในประเทศเฮติ พ.ศ. 2553" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Haiti_depremi" title="2010 Haiti depremi – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="2010 Haiti depremi" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%97%D1%82%D1%96_(2010)" title="Землетрус на Гаїті (2010) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Землетрус на Гаїті (2010)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%84%DB%82_%DB%81%DB%8C%D9%B9%DB%8C_2010%D8%A1" title="زلزلۂ ہیٹی 2010ء – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="زلزلۂ ہیٹی 2010ء" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90%E1%BB%99ng_%C4%91%E1%BA%A5t_Haiti_2010" title="Động đất Haiti 2010 – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Động đất Haiti 2010" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E5%B9%B4%E6%B5%B7%E5%9C%B0%E5%9C%B0%E9%9C%87" title="2010年海地地震 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="2010年海地地震" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a 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summary">2010 Haiti earthquake</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ruins_of_Haiti_National_Palace_-_Port_au_Prince_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Ruins_of_Haiti_National_Palace_-_Port_au_Prince_2012.jpg/260px-Ruins_of_Haiti_National_Palace_-_Port_au_Prince_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Ruins_of_Haiti_National_Palace_-_Port_au_Prince_2012.jpg/390px-Ruins_of_Haiti_National_Palace_-_Port_au_Prince_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Ruins_of_Haiti_National_Palace_-_Port_au_Prince_2012.jpg/520px-Ruins_of_Haiti_National_Palace_-_Port_au_Prince_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3072" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The heavily damaged <a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Palace_(Haiti)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Palace (Haiti) (not yet started)">National Palace</a> after the earthquake.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a> time</th><td class="infobox-data">2010-01-12 21:53</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/w/index.php?title=International_Seismological_Centre&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="International Seismological Centre (not yet started)">ISC</a> event</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://isc-mirror.iris.washington.edu/cgi-bin/FormatBibprint.pl?evid=14226221">14226221</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">USGS-<a href="/wiki/Advanced_National_Seismic_System" title="Advanced National Seismic System">ANSS</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem14226221">ComCat</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Local date</th><td class="infobox-data">12 January 2010</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Local time</th><td class="infobox-data">16:53:10 <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EST</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Magnitude</th><td class="infobox-data">7.0 <a href="/wiki/Moment_magnitude_scale" title="Moment magnitude scale">M<sub>w</sub></a> (USGS)<br /> 7.3 <a href="/wiki/Moment_magnitude_scale" title="Moment magnitude scale">M<sub>w</sub></a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European-Mediterranean_Seismological_Centre" class="extiw" title="w:European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre">EMSC</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Depth</th><td class="infobox-data">13 km (8.1 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Epicenter</th><td 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class="geo">18.46; -72.53</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Areas affected</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Maximum">Max.</abbr> intensity</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mercalli_intensity_scale" title="Mercalli intensity scale">IX (<i>Violent</i>)</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Peak acceleration</th><td class="infobox-data">0.5 <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peak_ground_acceleration&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peak ground acceleration (not yet started)">g</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-Lin-Allen_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lin-Allen-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tsunami</th><td class="infobox-data">Yes (localized)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Casualties</th><td class="infobox-data">100,000 to 316,000 deaths (the higher figure is from a government estimate widely charged with being deliberately inflated;<sup id="cite_ref-Columbia_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Columbia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a figure of about 160,000 is provided in a 2010 <a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a> study;<sup id="cite_ref-Michigan_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Michigan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the 100,000 figure is suggested by the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Geological_Survey" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Geological Survey">U.S. Geological Survey</a>.)<sup id="cite_ref-USGS_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2010 Haiti</b> <b>earthquake</b> was a very strong <a href="/wiki/Earthquake" title="Earthquake">earthquake</a> that hit <a href="/wiki/Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti</a> on January 12, 2010. On the scientific scale that measures the <a href="/wiki/Seismic_magnitude_scales" title="Seismic magnitude scales">magnitude</a> (or strength) of an earthquake, the quake scored a magnitude of 7.3 M<sub>w</sub>. The center of the earthquake was near <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9og%C3%A2ne" title="Léogâne">Léogâne</a>, very close to <a href="/wiki/Port-au-Prince" title="Port-au-Prince">Port-au-Prince</a>, the capital and largest city of Haiti. It was only about 25 kilometres (16 mi) west. The earthquake hit in the afternoon, at 16:53:10 local time (21:53:10 <a href="/wiki/UTC" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC">UTC</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-USGS_Haiti_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS_Haiti-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Haiti already was the poorest country in the <a href="/wiki/Western_hemisphere" title="Western hemisphere">western hemisphere</a>, and was not able to take care of all the people that needed help.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the one of the deadliest earthquakes in the <a href="/wiki/World" title="World">world</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Damage_and_death">Damage and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Haiti_earthquake&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Damage and death" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Haiti_earthquake&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Damage and death"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>About three million people were affected by the earthquake; many homes were destroyed.<sup id="cite_ref-cbsnews1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbsnews1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three days after the earthquake, the Haitian Interior Minister said that up to 200,000 had died because of the quake and its effects.<sup id="cite_ref-'reutersfirst'_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-'reutersfirst'-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was many more deaths than officials originally thought. At first, the Red Cross had guessed a much smaller death toll of 45,000–50,000 </p><p>The earthquake caused major damage to Port-au-Prince. Most major landmarks were badly damaged or destroyed. The <a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Palace_(Haiti)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Palace (Haiti) (not yet started)">Presidential Palace</a>, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Assembly_of_Haiti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Assembly of Haiti (not yet started)">National Assembly</a> building, the <a href="/wiki/Port-au-Prince_Cathedral" class="mw-redirect" title="Port-au-Prince Cathedral">Port-au-Prince Cathedral</a>, and the city's main jails were all destroyed.<sup id="cite_ref-catholic_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-catholic-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-smh_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smh-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wp_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wp-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most <a href="/wiki/Hospital" title="Hospital">hospitals</a> in the area were destroyed, which made things much worse.<sup id="cite_ref-'talkingpoints'_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-'talkingpoints'-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The headquarters of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Nations_Stabilization_Mission_in_Haiti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (not yet started)">United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti</a> (MINUSTAH) in Port-au-Prince collapsed. The Mission's Chief (<a href="/w/index.php?title=H%C3%A9di_Annabi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hédi Annabi (not yet started)">Hédi Annabi</a>), his deputy, and the acting police commissioner were killed in the quake.<sup id="cite_ref-unbriefing_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unbriefing-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc16012010_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc16012010-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Elisabeth Byrs of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> (UN) called the earthquake the worst disaster the United Nations had ever had. This was not just because of the property damage and deaths from the earthquake. The roads, phone lines and government buildings of the UN in Haiti and the Haitian government were also destroyed, so trying to just get organized and get help to the people was a real problem. So many people died in such a short time, that they used dump trucks to haul the dead bodies to mass graves.<sup id="cite_ref-survivors_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-survivors-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Response">Response</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Haiti_earthquake&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Response" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Haiti_earthquake&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Response"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2010_Haiti_earthquake_relief_efforts_by_the_US_Army.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/2010_Haiti_earthquake_relief_efforts_by_the_US_Army.jpg/220px-2010_Haiti_earthquake_relief_efforts_by_the_US_Army.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/2010_Haiti_earthquake_relief_efforts_by_the_US_Army.jpg/330px-2010_Haiti_earthquake_relief_efforts_by_the_US_Army.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/2010_Haiti_earthquake_relief_efforts_by_the_US_Army.jpg/440px-2010_Haiti_earthquake_relief_efforts_by_the_US_Army.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2178" /></a><figcaption>Heavy-lifting helicopters fetch water from the offshore flotilla, 15 January.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">After</a> the earthquake, many <a href="/wiki/Charitable_organization" title="Charitable organization">charities</a> and organizations asked people around the world to help Haiti. The International Red Cross, the <a href="/wiki/Salvation_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Salvation Army">Salvation Army</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the United Nations,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and president René Préval all asked the world for help.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Raymond_Joseph&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Raymond Joseph (not yet started)">Raymond Joseph</a>, Haiti's <a href="/wiki/Ambassador" title="Ambassador">ambassador</a> to the United States,<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and his nephew, famous singer <a href="/wiki/Wyclef_Jean" title="Wyclef Jean">Wyclef Jean</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> also begged people to give money. (A few years before the earthquake, President Preval had asked Jean to become a "roving ambassador" for Haiti.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) </p><p>Many different countries started raising money and sent medical teams or search and rescue teams to Haiti. The <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a>, which is next to Haiti, was the first country to give aid. This helped reduce some bad feelings between the two countries that had been there a long time.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>But it takes a long time to rebuild a city and the area around it. Just finding places to move all the broken parts of buildings was difficult. And countries promise money to help rebuild, but it takes a while to get the money, and in most disasters, only half the money that is promised is actually sent.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (This doesn't count millions of dollars that people gave directly). For years many people were living in tents, wherever they could find room. And workers for the UN introduced <a href="/wiki/Cholera" title="Cholera">cholera</a> to the country in October 2010, which made many people sick and killed thousands more.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The country is still recovering to this day. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Haiti_earthquake&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: References" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Haiti_earthquake&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: References"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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