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Gempa bumi Haiti 2010 ialah sebuah malapetaka gempa bumi bermagnitud 7.0 Mw yang berpunca dari pusat gempa berhampiran Léogâne, kira-kira 25 km (16 batu) di barat Port-au-Prince, ibu negara Haiti. Gempa bumi ini melanda pada pukul 16:53 waktu tempatan (21:53 UTC) pada 12 Januari 2010,[2][3] sedalam 13 km (8.1 batu). Pemantauan Geologi Amerika Syarikat mencatat berlakunya sebanyak 33 gegar penghujung, 14 daripadanya antara magnitud 5.0 hingga 5.9.[4] Persatuan Palang Merah Antarabangsa menganggarkan lebih kurang tiga juta orang terjejas oleh gempa bumi ini;[5] Menteri Dalam Negeri Haiti Paul Antoine Bien-Aimé, kemudian pada 15 Januari menjangka bahawa bencana ini mungkin meragut sebanyak 100,000 hingga 200,000 nyawa.[6] Pada 10 Februari pula, kerajaan Haiti mengumumkan bahawa seramai 230,000 orang telah disahkan meninggal manakala 300,000 lagi cedera.[1] Mereka juga menganggarkan 250,000 rumah dan 30,000 bangunan komersil telah runtuh atau rosak teruk.[7]
Gempa bumi ini mengakibatkan kemusnahan teruk di Port-au-Prince dan kawasan sekelilingnya. Banyak binaan mercu tanda terkemuka yang begitu dahsyat dirosakkan atau dibinasakan, termasuk Istana Presiden (tetapi Presiden René Préval terselamat), bangunan Dewan Kebangsaan, Gereja Besar Port-au-Prince, dan bangunan penjara utama.[8] Ibu pejabat Misi Penstabilan Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu di Haiti (MINUSTAH) yang terletak di ibu negara, turut runtuh dan Ketua Misi Hédi Annabi, timbalannya Luiz Carlos da Costa, dan pemangku pesuruhjaya polis disahkan terkorban.[9][10]
Titik gempa
Gempa terjadi di pedalaman, pada 12 Januari 2010, lebih kurang 25 kilometer (16 bt) barat-barat daya dari Port-au-Princedengan titik kedalaman 13 kilometer (8.1 bt) pada jam 16:53 UTC-5.[2], terletak di Enriquillo-Plaintain Garden. Gempa turut dirasakan di Teluk Guantanamo, pulau Cuba, di Kingston, Jamaica, di Caracas, Venezuela dan di Santo Domingo, Republik Dominican.
Dianggarkan 3 juta penduduk akan terjejas. Gempa sebesar ini pernah

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