The massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake was the strongest to hit the country in 200 years and was felt as far away as Cuba. The tremor sparked widespread panic as it brought down buildings including the presidential palace, hotels, a hospital, and the UN headquarters in Port-au-Prince.
The city “is flattened,” said Haiti's consul general to the U.N., Felix Augustin, who said he believed more than 100,000 people were dead. Haitian senator Youri Latortue said the final figure could reach half a million.
Thousands of people gathered in public squares late into the night Tuesday, singing hymns and weeping. Many gravely injured people sat in the streets, pleading for doctors.
“Everybody is just totally, totally freaked out and shaken,” Henry Bahn, a U.S. Department of Agriculture official visiting Haiti told the Associated Press. “The sky is just gray with dust.”
The earthquake was centered about 10 miles west of Port-au-Prince, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake was felt in the Dominican Republic, which shares a border with Haiti on the island of Hispaniola. Some panicked residents in the capital of Santo Domingo fled from their shaking homes.
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