7.0 quake hits Haiti

13 January 2010 04:41 am

A house collapsed from a major earthquake is pictured in Thomassin, Haiti, located 12 miles (19 km) east of Port-au-Prince, January 12, 2010. The magnitude 7.0 quake hit impoverished Haiti on Tuesday, toppling buildings in the capital Port-au-Prince, burying residents in rubble and causing many deaths and injuries, witnesses in the city said.   REUTERS