Earthquake devastates Haiti in 2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - JANUARY 12: People search for survivors amongst the rubble of the Caribbean Super Market in Delmas on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti today, followed by at least a dozen aftershocks, causing widespread devastation in the capital of Port-au-Prince. (Photo by Frederic Dupoux/Getty Images)

A young girl in tears after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday. One of the strongest earthquakes recorded on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola struck Haiti late Tuesday afternoon near Port-au-Prince, trapping people under collapsed buildings and raising fears of large numbers of casualties in the hemisphere's poorest country.

Jan. 13, 2010 - Port-au-Prince, Haïti - A magnitude 7 earthquake has hit Haiti (Credit Image: © UPPA/ZUMApress.com)

A injured man carries his dead daughter after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010. A major earthquake rocked Haiti, killing possibly thousands of people as it toppled the presidential palace and hillside shanties alike and left the Caribbean nation appealing for international help. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (DOMINICAN tags: - Tags: DISASTER IMAGES OF THE DAY)

People dig for bodies on January 14, 2010 in Port-au-Prince. As aid begins to pour in to Haiti, experts are stressing the importance of coordination between a weak central government, a constellation of non-governmental groups and international governments. After being hit by four successive hurricanes that left untold damage two years ago, Haiti suffered a massive 7.0-magnitude quake Tuesday that devastated the capital and the central region of the country, which was already the poorest nation in the Western hemisphere. AFP PHOTO OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI (Photo credit should read Olivier Laban mattei/AFP/Getty Images)

Haitians after the earthquake that devastated much of the capital city of Port au Prince. Bodies lie in a makeshift morgue at the main hospital in Port au Prince. They were eventually loaded by bulldozers and trucks and taken to a mass grave.

A man throws a dead body at the morgue of the general hospital, January 15, 2010 at Port Au Prince following the 7.0-magnitude quake on January 12. More than 50,000 people were killed and 250,000 injured by this week's earthquake, which also left nearly 1.5 million homeless, a Haitian minister said. After three days of Haitians being left to fend mostly for themselves in one of the world's poorest countries. AFP PHOTO OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI (Photo credit should read Olivier Laban mattei/AFP/Getty Images)

REFILE - ADDING INFORMATION A man points a gun to the crowd in downtown Port-au-Prince January 15, 2010. The man fired warning shots into the air to prevent looters from ransacking his shop, a Reuters photographer witnessed. Haitians ravaged by the earthquake that devastated their capital begged for food, water and medical assistance on Friday as the world raced to bring aid to survivors before their despair turned to anger. REUTERS/Kena Betancur (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Scavengers look for goods amid the rubble of collapsed buildings in Port-au-Prince, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. A powerful earthquake struck Haiti on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A young Haitian boy sits waiting on the tarmac of Port-au-Prince international airport with hundreds of evacuees waiting to be flown to the U.S. mainland by air force cargo planes in Port-au-Prince Haiti January 16, 2010. Haiti gave the United States control of its main airport on Friday to bring order in the skies to aid flights from around the world and speed relief to the quake-traumatized Caribbean nation, the Obama administration said. REUTERS/Hans Deryk (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

A woman is taking care of a wounded toddler in an orphanage that has been destroyed during the earthquake in Fontamara close to Port Au Prince, January 16, 2010 following the 7.0-magnitude quake on January 12. More than 50,000 people were killed and 250,000 injured by this week's earthquake, which also left nearly 1.5 million homeless, a Haitian minister said. After three days of Haitians being left to fend mostly for themselves in one of the world's poorest countries. . AFP PHOTO/ JULIEN TACK (Photo credit should read JULIEN TACK/AFP/Getty Images)

Haitian children carry military meals distributed by troops of the 82nd Airborne Division in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010. With aid flowing into Haiti, relief groups and officials are focused on moving the supplies to the survivors of the powerful earthquake that hit the country on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

People walks in front of the collapsed National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010. Relief groups and officials are focused on moving aid flowing into Haiti to survivors of the powerful earthquake that hit the country on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

A man carries an injured girl outside a makeshift hospital in Port-au-Prince January 17, 2010. World leaders pledged aid to rebuild a devastated Haiti, but on the streets of its wrecked capital earthquake survivors were still waiting on Sunday for the basics: food, water and medicine. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER)

An old man lays on a bed outside his nursing home in Port-au-Prince, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. More than 100 old men and women were living outside the home, that was damaged during Tuesday's earthquake, with no food or care other than an occasional bath from two orderlies who remained to help. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - JANUARY 18: (ISRAEL OUT) A Haitian boy washes himself in the street on January 18, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Humanitarian aid is beginning to reach many of the survivors of last week's deadly magnitude 7.0 earthquake amid fatalities estimated in the tens of thousands and widespread devastion. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

Armante Cherisma cries in front of the body of her daughter, Fabienne, 15 years old, killed by a policeman during lootings in the Marthely Seiee street January 19, 2010 in Port-au-Prince. TOPSHOTS / AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI (Photo credit should read OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI/AFP/Getty Images)

A U.S. Navy helicopter takes off in front of the National Palace after members of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne, front, landed in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. U.S. Navy helicopters touched down on the grounds of Haiti's damaged presidential palace bringing reinforcements in the struggle for security and earthquake disaster relief. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

A U.S. soldier gestures for people to sit down as they distribute disaster relief supplies in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. The U.N. Security Council approved extra troops and police officers to beef up security in Haiti and ensure that desperately needed aid gets to earthquake victims. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Jan. 12. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft airdrops humanitarian aid into Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas in this photo taken January 18, 2010. The U.S. military is conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the country on January 12, 2010. Picture taken January 18, 2010. REUTERS/U.S. Air Force/Tech. Sgt. James L. Harper Jr./Handout (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

January 19, 2010, Port Au Prince, Haiti: EXCLUSIVE. SPECIAL RATES APPLY. 7 1/2 days after a 7.0 earthquake devastated Port au Prince, New York City Urban Search and Rescue, along with Virginia Rescue, pulled an alive and healthy young boy named Kiki, and his sister Sabrina, who had been trapped in the rubble of a supermarket in Port au Prince. ///New York City Urban Search and Rescue, along with Virginia Rescue, pull Kiki from the rubble. Credit: Matthew McDermott / Polaris

A resident gives indications to French Guiana firefighters as they try to find a survivor on January 20, 2010 in the debris of a building in Port au Prince. The firefighters didnt succeed. At least half a million people are living outdoors in improvised camps in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, the International Organisation for Migration said. AFP PHOTO / JODY AMIET (Photo credit should read JODY AMIET/AFP/Getty Images)

A street vendor tries to keep the crowd from stealing her goods in Port-au-Prince on January 24, 2010. Police in the Haitian capital counted their losses and gathered their forces today, preparing for a surge in crime they are certain will follow the devastating January 12 earthquake. AFP PHOTO / ROBERTO SCHMIDT (Photo credit should read ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)

Surgeons from Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) work in a cargo container at a makeshift hospital in Port-au-Prince on January 24, 2010. Police in the Haitian capital counted their losses and gathered their forces today, preparing for a surge in crime they are certain will follow the devastating January 12 earthquake. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR (Photo credit should read FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - JANUARY 25: A United Nations peacekeeper from Uruguay carries a pregnant Haitian woman who lost consciousness in a massive crowd during a rice distribution for earthquake-displaced Haitians in front of the National Palace January 25, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Life in Haiti is transitioning to a new normal nearly two weeks after a powerful earthquake delivered historic damage and death to Port-au-Prince. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - JANUARY 26: A man pushes a bicycle through the ruins January 26, 2010 in central Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haiti is trying to recover from a powerful 7.0-strong earthquake that struck on January 12 and devastated the country, displacing millions and deaths estimated at 150 thousand. thousands. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

People collect water from a broken pipe under the asphalt near the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, January 26, 2010. Haiti needs at least five to 10 years of reconstruction help after its people were \"bloodied, martyred and ruined\" by the devastating earthquake this month, Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said on Monday. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

A woman sits at her tent at a makeshift camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti January 26, 2010. Haiti needs at least five to 10 years of reconstruction help after its people were \"bloodied, martyred and ruined\" by the devastating earthquake this month, Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said on Monday. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

A child awaits for the distribution of meals by WFP (United Nations World Food Programme) in a make-shift camp in Jacmel January 28, 2010. An earthquake on January 12 killed some 200,000 people and devastated the impoverished country. REUTERS/Marco Dormino/UN/MINUSTAH/Handout (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER SOCIETY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

In this photo released by MINUSTAH, bodies of unidentified victims of the earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, are buried in eight mass graves in an area called Ti Tanyen on Thursday Jan. 28, 2010.(AP Photo/MINUSTAH,Sophia Paris)

In this photo released by MINUSTAH, a man balances a coffin on his head in Port-au-Prince, Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, killing and injuring thousands and leaving many homeless. (AP Photo/MINUSTAH,Marco Dormino)