The Haitian presidential palace stands in ruins in Port-au-Prince after a huge earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.
Haiti is 27,750 square kilometers (10,714 sq mi) and is the most impoverished country in the western hemosphere.
The earthquake was "shallow" and its epicenter was within 15 kilometers of Port-au-Prince, causing almost total distruction of buildings, including the United Nations building in that country. More than 3 million people may be affected. More than 200,000 have died.
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Wednesday, Jan. 19 - one week after the devastating earthquake that has now claimed more than 200,000 lives, a powerful new 6.01 magnitude earthquake struck at 6:03 a.m. (1103 GMT) about 35 miles (56 kilometers) northwest of the capital of Port-au-Prince and 13.7 miles (22 kilometers) below the surface.
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