2010 Earthquake Facts

• Date: January 12, 2010
• Richter scale: 7.0
  Biggest earthquake in Haiti since 1770
• Duration: 35 seconds
• Lives lost: 300,000
• Injured: 600,000
• Displaced population: 1.9 million
• Total affected population: 5 million
• Number of damaged homes: 105,000 destroyed, 208,000 damaged
• Educational facilties: 1,300 destroyed or unusable
• Hospitals/health care: 30 of 49 destroyed
• Government buildings: All major government buildings destroyed