Haitians are quietly commemorating the fourth anniversary of the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck near Port-au-Prince in 2010. The earthquake killed over 300,000 people and left over 1.5 million living in tent camps. While that number has decreased significantly to 146,000, Haiti is still struggling to recover as hundreds of thousands remain homeless and hundreds of thousands more have been sickened by a cholera epidemic in the years since the disaster.

3. Haiti quietly marks 4 years since huge earthquake.
Haitians are pausing to remember the tens of thousands of people
who died in the catastrophic earthquake that struck four years ago.
The 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck outside Haiti’s capital on Jan.
12, 2010, and thousands of buildings toppled in Port-au-Prince and
surrounding cities. Officials say more than 300,000 died, but no one
knows for certain how many people lost their lives.
The quake left 1.5 million people living in tent camps. That number
has fallen to 146,000.

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57. Haiti: 4 years later. How far has the country come since its devastating quake? 300,000 remain homeless. 650,000 have been
sickened by a cholera epidemic believed to have been caused by UN workers. The U.S. initially pledged $1.5 billion in aid; less than
1% went to help local non-profits.
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