We have just info that Strong earthquake in Chile. The earthquake is about 8.8 M. The power of earthquakes in the vicinity of Concepcion, Chile, early on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey says, shaking buildings and causing power outages in parts of the capital Santiago.
From Reuters.com - The 8.8 earthquake about 56 miles northeast of design at a depth of 34 track and miles struck Clock 3.34 PST / 1:34 EST. There’s A tsunami warning that issued for Chile and Peru by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) and some Tsunami watch was also issued for Ecuador beach.
A Reuters reporter that it had pushed the start to the place and the people screaming on all roads. It's more than 200 miles north of the epicenter di di earthquake.
The earthquake shook Chile about 10-30 second in 8.8 Magnitude power. It is causing enormous damage to the environment.
There are some reports that reported on the scale, said it is worth a 8.3 to 8.5, but the latest edition is close at 8.8 Size 9.0 (that’s so massive earthquake)
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Chile 8.8 earthquake Aggiornamenti 27th February 2010
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10:30 - Two students from Wisconsin, and Melissa Elliott Thomas Schloemer, were kidnapped on life in Haiti.
10.16 Clock - The Haitian president said Obama to the White House: "There will be abandoned. You will not be forgotten."
10.12 Clock - President Obama said Thursday that the U.S. military has secured the main airport Haiti can now qualify for aid.
9.51 Clock - Some members of the Haitian Parliament has not yet shown up to 150 people in five locations in the collapse history of the United Nations Mission in Port-au-Prince.
9.45 Clock - Quote of American experts from agencies and the military has begun the establishment of Haiti on Thursday.
Clock 8.31 - Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton said that the United States is to provide a communications network infrastructure in support of embattled Haitian government. "Once we receive the message so that we can tell people where to go, what kind of assistance they can expect, we will be able to cope with the crisis," Clinton told CNN's American Morning. "
8.26 Clock - paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, at the beginning of his departure for Haiti Saturday, said a spokesman for CNN Division. The first of some 3,500 paratroopers were on board the C-17 aircraft from Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina and is expected to arrive in Haiti before nightfall.
Clock 8.17 - At the end of Thursday, are due for a total of five floors of Spanish aid to the Haitian capital of the country, the implementation of humanitarian operations and rescue and medical personnel. Spain has a logistics base for relief supplies to victims of disasters in a warehouse near the airport in Panama City, Panama in stock. Spain has the use of the database for other states in the EU of 26 members of emergency in Haiti.
8.02 Clock - Spanish agency prepare for the large number of Haitians fleeing the devastation of the aid by the location of the earthquake on the border with the Dominican Republic, said Soraya Rodriguez, Spanish Secretary of State for 'International Cooperation. "We're going to have, dealing with medical assistance and food," he said.
6.50 Clock - Haitian airspace open Thursday to nonprofit organizations, officials of the Red Cross. The airspace was closed to non-profit Wednesday, said Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan loaded bag, an organization planning for the rental of aircraft with humanitarian aid sent to Haiti on Thursday morning.
6.45 Clock - Four-rescue team members from Israel had to go Thursday morning, followed by two jets over a field hospital and 220 rescue and hospital personnel.
6.42 Clock - a rescue team of 60 members, with three sniffer dogs from China arrived here Thursday, told the official news agency Xinhua. Taiwan has sent a team of 23 rescuers and two dogs Wednesday evening after his Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
6.30 Clock - Chile 20 doctors, a rescue team, 12 tons of medical supplies, food and 3 tons of drugs sent to Haiti on Thursday morning, "said President Michelle Bachelet.
4.09 Clock - Doctors, medicine and other helpers is committed to Haiti on Thursday the country as a nation to help the earthquake hit.
Clock 10:49 - Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that the Argentinean Mobile Hospital - what they say, is the only functioning hospital in Port-au-Prince - has treated over 800 people. Argentina military helicopters to help evacuate the "wounded" people in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic next door. Argentina will also send a plane with aid for the region, "the statement said.
Clock 10:42 - CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta, reports from Haiti, wrote in his Twitter account: "What I saw in Haiti #, I've never seen before. Although I am sorry to say this, as it seems a bit 'bodies hopeless. are still in the streets "following Sanjay Gupta reports of Haiti through its Twitter account.
9:54 Clock - The people of Jacmel, Haiti, along the streets, burning tires to light up a city reduced to rubble and in many regions and no power. The flames are all that illuminate what remains of this city on the southern coast of Haiti, about 25 kilometers from the capital Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
9:47 Clock - At least 16 peacekeepers - 11 Brazilian, three Jordanians, an Argentine cooperation and Chad - with the United Nations Mission in Haiti were killed Wednesday afternoon, the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.
9:45 - The New York Yankees announced a donation of $ 500,000 to support the efforts of rescue and relief.
9:38 clock - Video images captured just minutes after the earthquake in Haiti show dusty, survivors rushed into the street screaming with terror. Others trapped in buildings can be seen from debris and stones, and asked for help and try to overthrow through cracks in structures.
9:00 - The Dominican Republic was the first country to aid in Haiti following the devastating earthquake to give Tuesday.
8:57 Clock - "The hospitals themselves, patients of recipients who could survive that do not exist, or a terrible infrastructure," said Gupta.
8:54 clock - "But even the streets to collect dead bodies is an almost impossible task," according to Gupta, the capital, where gunfire was heard in the background. "It's hard to find a heavy machine to try to dig through the rubble - the people are to hand."
8:53 clock - CNN, Sanjay Gupta reports continue to hear gunfire in the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, like the people on the streets, fearing aftershocks.
8:40 clock - Rep. John Conyers, D-Michigan, said he is organizing a congressional delegation to Haiti. Members will leave "as soon as possible," he said, adding that "with a large sample of members, including Republicans."
8:37 Clock - Sky is not open to charities.
8:36 Clock - A unit of U. S. Air Force Special Operations Forces left Hurlburt Field in Florida, which also has device drivers, experts in search and rescue equipment to establish a temporary control of air traffic.
8:32 - 16 members of the peacekeeping troops led by Brazil confirmed dead in Haiti, the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said used.
8:31 clock - Not less than 150 members of the UN mission in Haiti is still missing, officials said the United Nations.
8:29 Clock - One of two U.S. military planes, with a team score of 30 men arrived in Port-au-Prince airport around 5:30 ET. The team will assess what Haiti must meet the day after the disaster.
8:03 clock - "I've seen the reports as those on foot with the coffins on their heads," Cooper.
8:02 Clock - Anderson Cooper reported that there are people digging with their hands at every corner. A woman found alive.
7:50 Clock - The Jolie-Pitt Foundation has given $ 1 million to help Doctors Without Borders / Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), for operations and emergency medical response to earthquake of magnitude 7.0 that Haiti 12 Taken in January. E 'incredibly horrible disaster of this magnitude to hit the people who have suffered from extreme poverty, violence and unrest for many decades, "said Angelina Jolie.
7:39 Clock - The coordinator of U.S. assistance to Haiti following the earthquake on Tuesday, saying the whole government marshal a massive response, with the immediate goal of saving as many lives as possible in the next 72 hours. "We are working very hard, and coordinated the federal government to bring all the resources and capabilities that we have to pay to use, fast and effective way to provide assistance as possible," said Rajiv Shah, director for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
7:31 clock - "We need medicine. We need medical care in general," Haitian President René Préval told CNN. "Some of the hospitals that have broken. The hospitals are full of them and have people outside the hospital. So we have some hospitals, certain medications and some doctors."
7:15 clock - Former President and U. S. UN special envoy to Haiti, Bill Clinton, in Haiti in 1975, called for their honeymoon with the current Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, people give www.clintonfoundation.org / haitiearthquake
7:11 Clock - As part of a program of the U. S. S. Department of State, a person with U.S. $ 10 phones to donate to the Red Cross by entering the word "Haiti" at 90,999. The State Department said yesterday afternoon that the campaign was shot almost 83,000 times.
6:43 clock - Iceland sends a 37-man search and rescue and offered their assistance to evacuate foreign nationals, said that his Foreign Ministry. The authorities of the United States, Sweden and Denmark have already accepted the offer.
6:41 clock - Americans are trying to find family members was in Haiti, the State Department, in conjunction with 888-407-4747.
6:39 Clock - "the great need for search and rescue. We have said many people in the rubble the secretary," the UN Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes has CNN's Christiane Amanpour. He added: "There is a great need for health personnel, medical facilities ..." We need very quickly on the ground. "
6:36 Clock - Airlines are not sure that the disaster has hit Haiti and resumed commercial service.
6:31 clock - Pat Robertson, evangelical Christians have suggested that God punished him once the Americans with Hurricane Katrina, said a "pact with the devil" in determining the devastating earthquake in Haiti.
6:29 clock - Washington Post: U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has decided to cancel the rest of their Asian tour and returned to Washington, said the U. S. Department of State. He planned to travel to Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia.
5:59 clock - U. U. S. State Department explains: Americans do not go to the airport. Finding a safe haven.
5:45 clock - U. S. Department of Health: More than 160 citizens of the United States at the airport awaiting evacuation at Guantanamo. The United States is one of fewer than 100 Americans. Two C-130 at the airport, ready to evacuate American citizens.
5:36 clock - U. S. State Department calls on journalists to get the word to American citizens will be evacuated in Haiti - go to the airport.
5:31 clock - Search and rescue teams from the United States ready to head to Haiti, including 72 people in the county of Los Angeles, California, Fire Urban Search and Rescue Team and 80 members of Miami - Dade, Florida Urban Search and Rescue Team. The teams are nurses, search dog, communication experts and aid workers have fallen in refining structures built victims.Read
Clock concerned 5:29 - Earthquakes around one third of Haitians - approximately 3 million people, said the Red Cross.
4:58 clock - "Heroes" actor Jimmy Jean-Louis, looking for relatives in Haiti Read
4:48 clock - Questions and answers with Edwidge Danticat, known Haitian-American writer who says Big One "beyond measure", but Haitians have incredible stamina and determination to rebuild it is. Read
4:47 Clock - The World Bank has pledged $ 100 million in emergency aid for the rehabilitation and reconstruction, subject to approval by the Board of Directors of the World Bank.
4:44 Clock - The main airport in Haiti seems to be operable, would allow foreign aid to begin flowing into our country after the earthquake that hit the poorest nation in the late Tuesday.
4:37 clock - Former President Bill Clinton, UN special envoy to Haiti, said that the United Nations on the devastation.
4:28 clock - another Aftershock rattles Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
4:25 clock - Miami Herald: The Obama administration is temporarily suspending the deportation of undocumented citizens of Haiti, who said that the United States, Florida Governor Charlie Crist at a news conference Wednesday in Miami.
4:23 Clock - A 40,000-45,000 Americans living in Haiti. Terms of unknowns.
4:19 clock - France, Haiti, the former colonial power, has sent two aircraft to support the emergency services of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean and one in Marseilles, France. Alain Joyandet, said the French minister for cooperation, it is particularly concerned about 200 tourists, the French stayed at the Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince. Reports said the hotel had collapsed.
4:18 clock - to participate in Cuba sent 30 doctors and other medical supplies for its 344 doctors and paramedics, who are already working in Haiti on a humanitarian mission, "said Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez.
4:10 clock - U. S. House of Representatives has a moment of silence for the earthquake victims in Haiti.
4:09 clock - "I can not live in the palace, I can not live in my house," said President Preval. "The two things go together."
4:08 clock - Haitian President René Préval: see "You have to believe. A large number of homes destroyed, hospitals, schools, personal property - is that many people in the street, dead.
4:07 clock - Spain will send three aircraft carrying aid - two from Panama in Central America and one from Madrid, the Spanish capital, told CNN + Partners. Spain has also produced 3 million euros (4.35 million) of the Coordination of aid and the response of the European Union '
4:06 Clock - Canada is already a team of five men in Haiti as part of UN operations there. All five were injured, and to facilitate relief operations, said Captain Elizabeth Tremblay CNN.
4:04 clock - in Brazil, Ministry of Defense has ordered its troops in the country to help them, what they can offer the Brazilian official news agency reported. The countries of South America has 1266 soldiers - including 250 in a department of engineering - to Haiti as part of a UN stabilization force.
4:02 clock - Habitat for Humanity will send an assessment team in Haiti and the compilation of resource protection "for solutions of low income families affected by Address by the earthquake," said Nelson Tower, Area Vice President Habitat for Humanity International Latin American and Caribbean Bureau.
4:02 clock - AmeriCares is sending 3 million dollars for medical care in Haiti, including antibiotics, bandages and other medical supplies, and send aid workers to distribute supplies. It is also like an additional 10,000 pounds of relief goods in the coming days from his warehouse in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, he said.
4:01 - World Health Organization sent a team of 12 people in Haiti to help the medical response
4:00 - The World Food Program is now approximately 86 tonnes to transport additional food from its emergency center in El Salvador, which will be more than half a million meals of emergency, the agency said. The aid includes ready to eat foods and biscuits with high energy content.
3:57 Clock - The Haitian Consul General of the United Nations, Felix Augustin, said in Port-au-Prince is "flat".
3:55 clock - Haitian President René Préval told CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta in Port-au-Prince, he learned that 30,000 or 100,000 people were killed in the earthquake, but added: 'It is too early to give a number .
3:53 clock - U. S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) has issued the following statement regarding the earthquake in Haiti: "Like all Rhode Island, my heart is with the people of Haiti and Haitian-Americans who are struggling with the destruction and loss Life after the earthquake are new. "President Obama has mobilized U.S. ships and aircraft of the Coast Guard, and sends additional funds to help relief efforts." I have many families living in Haiti, some of which can be reached at Rhode Iceland during the week. My office continues to coordinate efforts with the U.S. State Department for services to the citizens of the U.S. Embassy of Italy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Consulate in New York and the Embassy of Haiti Washington, DC. "I wanted to help too many calls from Rhode Island. Those who help the Red Cross, donations in cash only at this time in combination. In addition, a list of volunteers was formed, and there are movements underway to volunteers trained in disaster response have been traveling to Haiti later if needed, to help. "I need to encourage Rhode Island, which helps in touch with family and relatives in Haiti, in my office."
3:50 clock - Rainn Wilson of "The Declaration of Office on Haiti: With a heavy heart and anxiety, my prayers are with noble, beautiful, broken in Haiti. My wife and I have been very lucky, there's this for one week last October on behalf of certain charities and we have worked plantingpeace.org Mona Foundation. We met beautiful, bright students in many schools, streets, children who attempt to shape and many teachers in Haiti and disinterested physicians working on service to become his country. I do not know are all dead or alive right now and it breaks my heart. The hotel where we were and most visited places where we are now in ruins. I believe in the power of prayer and I believe in the power of service. Even if only $ 20, which is a long way in a poor country like Haiti, is devastating to go. Please send prayers and hope the world takes drastic measures to eradicate this terrible disaster. Rainn Wilson
3:47 clock - Lumiere Medical Ministries e-mail to CNN: All 25 employees are in order. The ministry in Haiti for 25 years. They have a 30-bed hospital and an orphanage. Hank Williams was able to contact the director, the doctor by phone and told me that wherever the devastation and casualties. The department plans to officially open the new hospital in February. Can be used to treat certain patients and procedures. A container of relief supplies was sent last night.
3:45 - "I always try to understand the magnitude of the event," said Préval. "There is a danger that the houses will continue to fall.
3:43 clock - Haitian President René Préval, Dr. Sanjay Gupta of CNN: "We do not have the ability to" violate all hospitals.
3:05 Clock - The U. S. Coast Guard ships and aircraft to places where they are quickly sent to Haiti, if necessary, mobilize, said the service on its website. Standing by is: A C-130 Hercules airplane from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., and Cutter Valiant, take it home in Miami, next Cutter, port of Portsmouth, Virginia, the cutter Tahoma, to bring home to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Cutter Mohawk, took it home to Key West, Florida.
2:11 Clock - Port-au-Prince is flattened ... more than 100,000 dead, Felix Augustin, Consul General of Haiti, the United Nations told reporters in New York. Hospitals are gone, and medical equipment and heavy are urgently needed, "he said.
2:09 clock - "Doctors Without Borders has about 800 people in Haiti, many of which have not yet thought of.
2:04 - Want to learn more about Haiti? Check out this snapshot interactive.
1:21 Clock - with phone lines down and cut off communications, Haitians living in the United States is "sick with worry." State Department for those seeking information about relatives: 1-888 -407-4747. Continue
1:15 Clock - From Anderson Cooper in Port-au-Prince: "The only thing to compare is Hurricane Katrina. But over the last 30 minutes - or the last hour of travel'S 'I saw, probably 20 or 25 bodies in the streets. And it is only in the main street in downtown Port-au-Prince. "
1 - 40,000-45,000 Americans in Haiti, said that the U. S. Department of State. The embassy is in contact with about 40 minutes. N. confirmed dead. About a dozen wounded. "It 'clear that to go," said PJ Crowley, assistant secretary.
12.41 Clock - Photo gallery shows the devastation.
12:30 - At least 15 peacekeepers dead reported.
12.27 Clock - Joseph Serge Miot, Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, died in the earthquake, the official newspaper of the Vatican.
12.18 Clock - Haiti's prime minister told CNN that he believes more than 100,000 dead in the earthquake.
12.12 Clock - Anderson Cooper said that the situation at the airport "calm". Said that small military presence in the Dominican Republic is at the airport.
11.45 Clock - National Prison and escaped prisoners collapsed, and then worry about looting by outliers.
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11.13 Clock - Fabiola Surena shared photos of his parents and uncles in the property Debussy, Haiti - both areas are heavily damaged. Aunt and uncle's property; home
11.07 Clock - Employees of Catholic Relief Services Karel Zelenka provided the invoice via e-mail. "Damage missing all incredible ... Some important buildings - the Hotel Montana is the National Palace, etc. .. the people were shouting and singing everywhere ... This is a catastrophe of this century, we must be prepared for thousands and thousands of deaths and wounded. "
11.03 Clock - 50-member Chinese rescue team ready for Haiti, the news of China by Xinhua.
Complain 11.01 Clock - Over 100 employees of the United Nations mission disappeared.
10.45 Clock - Read a guide easy to understand for Haiti and its history.
10.39 Clock - A Haitian-American CNN told his parents died in the quake, several days after a visit with her in South Florida. Full Story
10.35 Clock - Twitter support plays a crucial role in collecting donations for disasters, reports CNNMoney.com.
10.26 Clock - The people of Haiti a friend and partner in the United States, said President Obama at the press conference closing. Watch press conference video
10.24 Clock - USAID Administrator Raj Shah coordinate relief efforts of the United States, "Obama said.
10.23 Clock - President Obama extends "from the most sincere condolences to help people in Haiti. He said he had ordered" timely "and" coordinated "response.
10:21 - None of the three support centers in Haiti of Doctors Without Borders is squeezed out, says the group.
10.20 Clock - The people of Haiti the full support of the United States, "said President Obama.
10.16 Clock - The main airport in Haiti appears to be functional, "said a spokesman for U.S. State Department.
10.15 Clock - The head of the UN mission in Haiti Agency and Deputy Special Representatives are missing, "said the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
10:11 - Air traffic control was "very risky," says Anderson Cooper of CNN. During the flight to Haiti, his helicopter at the last minute maneuver to avoid another plane had hit. Watch the video Anderson Cooper
10.10 Clock - People are standing around wondering where to go, "said Anderson Cooper, who flew helicopters in Haiti. Important buildings collapsed - pancakes together.
10.07 Clock - "E 'unbelievably shocking," says Anderson Cooper.
Clock 10.04 - President of Lumiere Medical Ministries in Haiti for 25 years, told CNN the 25 employees are in order.
9:57 consequences - Tweets from Anderson Cooper of CNN.
Clock 9.39 - "I pray that many people who Jesus is saying that we need to pray, we must save our life of faith in God," a witness said Carel Pedro CNN.
8.53 Afford: Clock - the declaration of President Obama on Haiti to ET for 10 hours.
8.41 Clock - The head of the UN mission in Haiti and the Agency Deputy Special Representative said that they are missing, the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.
8.41 Clock - the United States was the first to provide assistance, said the Ambassador of Haiti to the United States
8, 32 Clock - Quake 'destroyed much of Port-au-Prince, told the First Lady. Full Story
7: 30 Clock - reconnaissance flights on Haiti will soon, "said State Department spokesman PJ Crowley.
Affected Clock 7.07 - Earthquakes approximately one third of Haitians - approximately 3 million people, said the Red Cross. Full Story
4.30 Clock - a few "big" people with the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti are unknown. Three Jordanian peacekeepers killed.
3:40, 13 residents in January 2009 - the night cowering in anticipation of the legal measure of the damage assessed.
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11:45 Clock - "Can you hear them sing together in prayer away," said Richard Morse, director of a hotel in Oloffson Hotel, wrote about Twitter.
10:32 Clock - Haiti infrastructure worst in the world, even in the best case, said the country's ambassador to the United States
9:13 clock - the headquarters of the United Nations in Haiti has collapsed, officials said the United Nations.
8:45 clock - Eyewitnesses report serious damage and bodies through the streets of the capital.
7: 56 Clock - U. U. S. State Department said it expects "a loss of many lives" in Haiti.
6:50 - Tsunami Clock canceled.
5:23 Clock - A tsunami warning is in effect for Haiti, Cuba, the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic.
5:14 Clock January 12, 2009 - An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the south of starch Haiti, U. S. Geological Survey reported.
Haiti Estimated loss from EQLIPSE Earthquake Program
The number of deaths from 5600 to 12,000 with the analysis, but could be lower due to the nature of the shocks. A pulse, then a second pulse for 20 seconds, property prices significantly affect the way they have time to leave their homes. Applying a 6.8 and 6.3 in a short sequence of a shorter duration, is a man who died between 1000-5100.
EARTHQUAKE EQLIPSE HAITI loss estimates socioeconomic (viewtopic.php? F = 3 & t = 17)
With more than 220,000 people for the intensity IX and above suspended and over 3,000,000 people exposed to the intensity VII and above
"The earthquake of 3 June 1770, was one of the strongest shots recorded on the island of Haiti, in the range of maximum destruction of the Cross of Boquete in the level of the stock market cUL, Port-au-Prince and along the northern coast - the coast Tiburon Peninsula, where Miragoâne. "The earthquake caused 200 deaths in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Who was the last major earthquake in the vicinity of Port-au-Prince.
There was only one major earthquake in Haiti was established in 1842, with 5,000 deaths a M8.1 earthquake in the northern part of the island.
An earthquake of 25/01/1953 occurred Mw5.7 recorded with 2 deaths and a Mw5.4 earthquake recorded in 1994, with 4 deaths.
However, it is Mw7.0 catastrophic earthquake, although the low estimate of deaths on EQLIPSE. 
The different types of buildings in Haiti are: --
Stone, concrete blocks, and 75% of the single story buildings, and 96.8% of residential buildings.
The wood is 8.3% of the buildings on the same level, or 1.3% of islets
16% of the ground floor of buildings will then be made of different materials and 1.9% of residential and other materials.
In rural areas, and others.
55% is made of stone, concrete blocks, 17% of the territory is, 16% wood, with 12% of other materials.
Consider the damage is there should be between 10000-20000 lesions at various levels, the homeless, about 350000 (200000-500000) people. No. homes destroyed, has not yet been determined, and therefore the exact economic impact can not be established, but I use the version of world GDP, to give a quick estimate.
The estimate is that the direct economic losses in GDP will be between 1.5 and 2 billion dollars (16% of GDP), excluding indirect effects in progress.
Bridges and critical infrastructures have collapsed, and given the time of day, he could die.
"Given the unrest in Haiti and the institutional instability of many authorities in the conflict, I can not imagine the social consequences that begin with the number of victims, but goes much further. For one thing, I know that the health infrastructure in Haiti is very poor in Port-au-Prince. "(B. Khazai)
It is assumed GDACS assume that the resistance in the region of natural disasters is average. As an indication of the sensitivity is deploying high (less code seismic ACS), is classified and the socio-economic vulnerability, as a note. This means that the indirect effects could increase the physical risks of 2 to 3 multiple.
Thousands of people have reportedly died today after a devastating earthquake that struck the capital of Haiti.
Thousands of people have reportedly died today after a devastating earthquake that struck the capital of Haiti.
Dead and wounded on the streets of Port-au-Prince, after the earthquake struck the country's poor in the Caribbean yesterday, a number of buildings dating from the overthrow of the barracks buildings and the UN Presidential Palace.
The quake, measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck at 4:53 yesterday (2153 GMT) and is considered the most powerful country in over 200 years struck.
Thousands of people gathered in public places until late at night, singing songs and tears, many people seriously injured, was sitting in the street, asking for doctors.
The headquarters of the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti and other UN agencies have been severely damaged and there were reports of people shouting with a hospital destroyed in Petionville, Port - au-Prince.
The British government said it was "deeply concerned" by the earthquake magnitude reported and sent a team from the Department for International Development (DFID), to assess humanitarian needs.
A spokesman for DfID said: "We are deeply saddened by the magnitude of interest reported in the earthquake that struck Haiti. It seems to have been carrying too tight, causing extensive damage and injuries.
"We did not have a clear idea of the needs of the Haitian authorities and humanitarian organizations. We are monitoring the situation closely.
"During the night we have a DFID humanitarian assessment team mobilized to fly to Haiti today.
"We are ready to provide humanitarian assistance, which may be necessary."
Gerard Louis-Gilles, a doctor and a former senator, who went to help the survivors said, the hospitals do not treat all the victims.
"Haiti must pray to win." We must all pray together, "he said.
A cameraman for the Associated Press reported seeing a destroyed hospital, where people crying for help to Petionville, a hillside in Port-au-Prince.
The head of the peacekeeping mission in Haiti and in 9000 enrolled at other UN agencies have been severely damaged, complain to the United Nations in New York with a large number of missing personnel.
Karel Zelenka, a Roman Catholic Relief Services representative in Port-au-Prince, said fellow Americans: "They killed thousands of people," said a spokesman for the charity, Sara Fajardo.
U. S. Department spokesman PJ Crowley of State in Washington said that the staff of the embassy of the United States were "literally stuck in the dark" after the operation.
The earthquake had a preliminary set of 7.0 and was centered about 10 miles west of Port-au-Prince. E 'was immediately followed by strong aftershocks.
Much of the population of nine million poor people of Haiti and the disaster comes after years of political instability.
The country has suffered a series of recent disasters such as storms and hurricanes in 2008.
In November 2008, following the collapse of a school in Petionville, the mayor of Port-au-Prince, it is estimated that approximately 60% of buildings have been built without careful and dangerous in normal times.
The earthquake was yesterday, was in the Dominican Republic - but no major damage was reported to be.
Shook houses in eastern Cuba, but there were no reports of damage.
Oxfam said in a statement on its website that it is "ready to respond" to the disaster.
Jane Cocking, Oxfam's humanitarian director, said: "At this stage it is too early to say the magnitude of the earthquake in Haiti, but early signs are not good with communication throughout the country.
Oxfam's Emergency Response Team for Latin America to Haiti, so we are well prepared to meet with public health, water and sanitation team in Port-au-Prince ready.
"We also supplies to Panama, as we prepare to send as soon as possible."
He added: "Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, where 85% of people already living in poverty. Given the desperate needs of people in one day, face-to-day, the news of the earthquake is negative for the poor of Haiti. "
Kristie van de Wetering, a former Oxfam staff still based in Port-au-Prince, said in a statement on Oxfam's website: "This is a layer of dust that rose from the valley south of the capital.
"We can hear people calling for help from all angles. The replicas are being made and the people very nervous."