2010 Haiti Earthquake Timeline

2010 Jan 12
4:53PM
 A 7.0 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Haiti, Causing Severe Damage
The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake that occurred approximately 10 miles (16 km) from Port-au-Prince, Haiti at 4:53:09 PM local time (21:53:09 UTC) on Tuesday 12 J...
2010 Jan 13 Commentator Keith Olbermann Slams Conservative Talk Show Hosts for Haiti Comments
TV preacher Pat Robertson’s recent callous comments about Haiti have attracted quite a bit of attention. Once again, Robertson has stuck his foot firmly into his mouth. Americans Unite...
2010 Jan 13 Haitian Prime Minister Jean Max Bellerive Estimates Over 100,000 Dead from Earthquake
As he toured the devastated capital Port-au-Prince overnight Prime Minister Jean Max Bellerive said the death toll could be enormous. "I believe that we are well over 100,000," he said...
2010 Jan 13 Pat Robertson Claims Haiti's Problems Divine Retribution for Pact with Devil
Evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson says Haiti has been "cursed" because of what he called a "pact with the devil" in its history. His spokesman said the Wednesday comments were bas...
2010 Jan 13 Rush Limbaugh Accuses Obama of Political Opportunism in Sending Aid to Haiti Following Devastating Earthquake
The radio-man Rush Limbaugh makes harsh and racial comments about affected people of Haiti earthquake. He went on-air to criticize American President Barack Obama for his quick response t...
2010 Jan 14 Massive International Relief Begins to Arrive in Haiti Following Devastating Earthquake
International aid agencies report emergency operations for earthquake victims in Haiti are slowly gathering steam. But, they say they are working under severe constraints and it will tak...
2010 Jan 14 MTV Networks Anounces Star-Studded 'Hope for Haiti' Telethon
Hollywood superstar George Clooney is organising a marathon for Haitian earthquake relied and is calling on his A-list colleagues to join him, MTV Networks said Thursday. MTV gave no d...
2010 Jan 15 Exiled Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide States Desire to Return Home to Help with Earthquake Relief
Controversial former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide says he would like to return home to assist in rebuilding Haiti in the wake of this week's earthquake. The former Haitian le...
2010 Jan 15 US Red Cross Cell Phone Campaign Donations Reach 8 Million Dollar Mark
A mobile phone campaign initiated by the U.S. Red Cross to raise money for victims of Haiti's devastating 7.0 earthquake has netted $8 million. The White House on Friday confirmed the new...
2010 Jan 16 Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush Launch the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund
Reporting from Washington -- Three presidents from opposing parties stood united outside the White House this morning to signal the launch of an aggressive private fundraising drive for t...
2010 Jan 16 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Arrives in Haiti to Help with Disaster Relief
Delays in aid distribution following Haiti's devastating earthquake are understandable "because of the obvious destruction, because of the limitations of the airport, the fact that the po...
2010 Jan 18 Former President Bill Clinton Arrives in Haiti with Supplies
Former president Bill Clinton on Monday visited the devastated Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, where he visited with hospital patients and helped deliver medicine. "I wish every Ame...
2010 Jan 18 More than 2,000 Additional Marines Deployed to Haiti in an Effort to Address Increasing Violence, Lawlessness Following Earthquake
More than 2,000 US marines are set to join 1,000 US troops on the ground in Haiti, as aid efforts gather pace almost a week after the earthquake. Their arrival comes amid reports of vi...
2010 Jan 19 US Marines Arrive in Haiti to Secure the Ruined Presidential Palace
US troops descended by helicopter to take control of Haiti's ruined presidential palace Tuesday, AFP reporters saw, as the military earthquake relief operation gathered pace. Paratroop...
2010 Jan 20 Haiti Hit by 6.1 Magnitude Aftershock from January 12 Earthquake
A strong aftershock rocked Haiti on Wednesday morning just as much-needed medical aid was set to reach the earthquake-ravaged nation. Patients at a hospital near Haiti's airport in Por...
2010 Jan 22 Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief Telethon
More than 80 million people tuned in for last week's all-star "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon. The Nielsen Co. said Monday that an estimated 83 million people saw at least a brief part of ...
2010 Jan 22 UNICEF Issues Warning Against Relaxing Adoption Procedures for Haitian Children in Light of Trafficking Fears
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) announced Friday that several children have gone missing from hospitals in Haiti in the aftermath of the killer earthquake, raising fears of trafficking fo...
2010 Jan 23 Funeral Held in Haiti for Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot, Killed in January 12 Earthquake
Benedict XVI is appealing for aid for victims of the earthquake that devastated Haiti and killed the archbishop of the Port-au-Prince Archdiocese. Archbishop Joseph Serge-Miot was repo...
2010 Jan 27 Haiti is Hit by 4.9 Magnitude Earthquake Aftershock 40 Miles West of Port-au-Prince
Haiti has had at least 51 sizable aftershocks. Quakes of magnitude 4.9 and 4.8 followed in quick succession just before noon this past Thursday. This forced rescue crews to briefly aband...
2010 Jan 29 American Missionaries Arrested in Haiti on Child-Trafficking Charges for Transporting Children Across Border without Proper Documentation
The Baptist missionaries, who were arrested late on Friday, deny Haitian charges they were engaged in child trafficking and insist they were only trying to help vulnerable orphans left ab...
2010 Feb 16 Haitian Judge Frees Eight of the 10 American Missionaries Detained on Kidnapping Charges
Judge Bernard Saint-Vil said Laura Silsby, the group leader, and Charisa Coulter, will be kept in Haiti but the others were free to leave the country. "I have already prepared the draft ...
2010 Feb 22 World Food Program Launches School Feeding Program in Haiti
The World Food Program and other United Nations aid agencies are scaling up their humanitarian operations for millions of Haitians affected by the earthquake, which devastated their count...
2010 Jun 1 U.S. Military Ends Major Relief Operations in Haiti
The U.S. military announced the end of major relief operations in Haiti on Tuesday, nearly five months after the country's devastating January 12 earthquake. Spearheaded by the U.S. Ar...