The strongest earthquake to hit the Caribbean country of Haiti happened 16:53:09 or 04:53:09 PM local time on January 12.  Registering at magnitude7.0, it is not surprising that numerous buildings including the UN office and the presidential palace in the Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince went down.  Initial reports say that hundreds could have died and thousands are left homeless.
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The International Red Cross though recently stated that as my as 3 million people were affected by the tremors and that as many as 500,000 deaths would be recorded.  The …