The Haiti Earthquake Wrecks Port-au-Prince
Leogane, Ouest, Haiti
CONFIRMED93% CONFIDENCEThe source[1] states the quake "struck Haiti at 16:53 local time on Tuesday, 12 January 2010", which is 21:53 UTC; the USGS[2] catalogue records 21:53:10Z for event usp000h60h.
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck near Leogane, 25 km west of Port-au-Prince, at 16:53 local time. Haiti's capital, its National Palace and much of its public administration were destroyed.
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