Strong earthquake collapses hospital in Haiti

According to ABC News reporting at 5:30 Tuesday EST… “The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 and was centered about 14 miles (22 kilometers) west from the capital of Port-au-Prince, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. An Associated Press videographer saw the wrecked hospital in nearby Petionville, and a U.S. government official reported seeing houses that had tumbled into a ravine.

Tags: Disasters, earthquake, Haiti

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jbf on January 12, 2010 at 10:31 pm

For developing coverage in media aroud the world visit Google News

jbf on January 12, 2010 at 10:33 pm

For images of Haiti provided by the Vincentian Family Project team last summer visit VinFormation

jbf on January 13, 2010 at 11:03 am

Twitter’s Human Touch in Haiti Catastrophe

Toma' on January 13, 2010 at 6:05 pm

THE LEDE – New York Times Blog deliver updates of the situation in Haiti