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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Jan. 12, 2010 Powerful Earthquake Rocks Haiti

Hospital Collapses after 7.0 Magnitude Quake Strikes Near Capital; Scientists Expect "Substantial Damage and Casualties"




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(CBS/ AP) <!-- sphereit start--> Last updated 7:03 p.m. ET

The largest earthquake ever recorded in the area shook Haiti on Tuesday, collapsing a hospital where people screamed for help. Other buildings also were damaged and scientists said they expected "substantial damage and casualties."

A Reuters reporter on the scene says he's seen dozens of dead and injured in the rubble of fallen buildings.

With communications disrupted there were no reports of deaths or injuries soon after the quake, as powerful aftershocks shook the country.

The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 and was centered about 10 miles west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It had a depth of 5 miles. It was the largest quake recorded in the area, said USGS analyst Dale Grant, and the last major one since a magnitude-6.7 temblor in 1984.

USGS: Summary of Haiti Quake's Danger Level

Haiti's ambassador to the U.S., Raymond Joseph, told CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric that he spoke to President Rene Preval's chief of staff, Fritz Longchamp, just after the quake hit. Longchamp told him that it was a "catastrophe of major proportions."

Longchamp also told him that "buildings were crumbling right and left" near the national palace. He said he has not gotten through by phone to Haiti since.

"It's heart-rending," he told Couric.

Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere - a place where infrastructure is incredibly weak, reports CBS News correspondent Seth Doane. A disaster of this magnitude could well be an unfolding catastrophe according to officials on the scene.

An Associated Press videographer saw the wrecked hospital in Petionville, a hillside Port-au-Prince district that is home to many diplomats and wealthy Haitians. Elsewhere, a U.S. government official reported seeing houses that had tumbled into a ravine.

"The Earth started shaking. It was very quick - five seconds," said Jean Jacob Charles from the International Red Cross, who is in Port-au-Prince.

Charles tells CBS News that he saw one of his neighbors die from a wall falling on him.

Don Blakeman, an analyst at the USGS in Golden, Colorado, said such a strong quake carried the potential for widespread damage.

"I think we are going to see substantial damage and casualties," he said.

The quake was felt in the Dominican Republic, which shares a border with Haiti on the island of Hispaniola. Some panicked residents in the capital of Santo Domingo fled from their shaking homes.

In eastern Cuba, houses shook but no major damage was immediately reported.

"We felt it very strongly and I would say for a long time. We had time to evacuate," said Monsignor Dionisio Garcia, archbishop of Santiago.

In Haiti, the extent of the damage was unclear.

"Everybody is just totally, totally freaked out and shaken," said Henry Bahn, a U.S. Department of Agriculture official visiting Haiti. "The sky is just gray with dust."

Bahn said he was walking to his hotel room when the ground began to shake.

"I just held on and bounced across the wall," he said. "I just hear a tremendous amount of noise and shouting and screaming in the distance."

Bahn said there were rocks strewn about and he saw a ravine where several homes had stood: "It's just full of collapsed walls and rubble and barbed wire."

The U.S. National Weather Service issued a tsunami watch for Haiti, the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas, but said historically the region has seen few destructive tsunamis.

There are 15 cruise ships in the area, Doane reports.

In Washington, President Barack Obama said his thoughts and prayers go to the people of Haiti. He said in a statement that the United States is watching the situation and ready to assist Haitians.

State Department spokesman Gordon Duguid said U.S. officials were holding emergency meetings.

"We need to gather what information we can quickly. We will of course assist in any way we can," he said.

Felix Augustin, Haiti's consul general in New York, said he was concerned about everyone in Haiti, including his relatives.

"Communication is absolutely impossible," he said. "I've been trying to call my ministry and I cannot get through. ... It's mind-boggling."

CBS News correspondent Daniel Sieberg notes that a 2008 article in Haiti’s Le Matin newspaper quoted geologist and former professor at the Geological Institute of Havana, Patrick Charles, as stating that "conditions are ripe for major seismic activity in Port-au-Prince. The inhabitants of the Haitian capital need to prepare themselves for an event which will inevitably occur."
 

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A tsunami warning for countries bordering the Caribbean sea was issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

The earthquake was centered about 10 miles (15 kilometers) southwest of Port-au-Prince, the country’s capital with about 2 million inhabitants.

A videographer for the Associated Press said a hospital collapsed in Petionville, the news agency reported.
 

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Bye east coast.
 

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Sunami warning is off, so that is one good thing

It's over? That's good. I actually think a sunami will hit the west coast one day.
 

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in northern cali they had 3 in a row last week including a 6. something one....its good, get the earthquakes out of the way instead of having a huge one....not that 7 or 6 isnt huge
 

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Even the aftershock was 5.9. Anyone find any pics or video?
 

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i was in haiti for 3 days in 1988 nice people......effed up deal
 

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very scary stuff.......when u hear a hospital collapsing, you know you are in for major casualties
 

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The big one is coming in the next 10-15 years right in the heartland...Midwest is gonna get rocked again one of these days. Will put Northridge from few years back to shame.
 

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geez, there could be many, many deaths in this one. Not a couple of hundred, but in the thousands, maybe even the thousands and thousands.
 

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It's over? That's good. I actually think a sunami will hit the west coast one day.

would i be covered by my earthquake or flood insurance? :think2:

think those two would be playing chicken and the egg and i'd never see my home again.

i can just see it now.

"the quake knocked it over"
"no, the tsunami did"
"aww forget it, lets just screw this guy over"

i 'd probably be dead this close to the beach anyway ^<<^
 

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would i be covered by my earthquake or flood insurance? :think2:

think those two would be playing chicken and the egg and i'd never see my home again.

i can just see it now.

"the quake knocked it over"
"no, the tsunami did"
"aww forget it, lets just screw this guy over"

i 'd probably be dead this close to the beach anyway ^<<^
would be flood insurance coverage. tsunami is a flood. the fact that you have both earthquake and flood insurance is amazing...the people that think they get 'screwed' wouldn't have either :ohno:
less than 15 percent of homeowners in CA carry Earthquake insurance.
 

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would be flood insurance coverage. tsunami is a flood. the fact that you have both earthquake and flood insurance is amazing...the people that think they get 'screwed' wouldn't have either :ohno:
im just saying that i could see the two duking it out over if my house was gone before the flood or not...need both here. only about 30 ft above sea level and very near some big fault lines
 

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less than 15 percent of homeowners in CA carry Earthquake insurance.

the other 85% are either ignorant or think "it wont happen to them and if it does the government will bail me out"

only a matter of time til we see "the big one" here in cali
 

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Flood Insurance is a good thing to have anywhere and is backed by the government. Plus now a days they try to screw you if you get any water damage so might as well get it here in Texas it cost me about $250 a year. Cheap as far as insurance goes and covers alot.
 

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