Major Earthquake In Haiti near Port-du-Prince, Extensive Damage....Awaiting Reports

Video from World Vision, right after the Quake Rarely viewed taken by cellphone ( only viewed 23 times),


A Quake measuring between 7.0 and 7.3 hit near Haiti at 6PM this evening, Below is the photo of their Palace at Port-du-Prince. ( Imagine if our Whitehouse looked like this). The Quake lasted over 30 seconds.

10PM ::( I am collecting Data,photos off Twitter, will post when I get it all collected and collated. You can follow me on twitter @watergatesummer . I am posting reports directly from Haiti).Port-du-Prince is a city that is crowded and impoverished,buildings and city was never set up for the 2.5Million people that live there. There is great concern about their safety and welfare and Disaster preparedness and supplies. As of tonight it CNN is reporting that Military in Panana is mobilizing supplies to send to the scene. Below I have Updates, Resources, and phone numbers if you need to check on family or send Aid.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Real Time Video immediately after Quake ( If you speak French or Creole please leave Translation in Comments)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Palace is heavily damaged, It is also reported that the two Hotels that are where UN is stationed are heavily damaged.
CBS Footage below::

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Phone Numbers & Important Contacts
State Department has a # for Americans seeking info about family in #Haiti: 1-888-407-4747
Natl Emergency hotline,family&friends of travelers visiting #Haiti 800-576-5172 Int'l collect 603-328-1924 RT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
IMPORTANT Facebook Page ::::MSNBC created a safe list for those impacted by the Haiti quake. Survivors can reach out to loved ones at at this Facebook Page.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Public Health Earthquake Survival Guide to Share
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Links,Resouces and Updates Below
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BEST NEWS SOURCE&INFO THREAD ON TWITTER IS NPR
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
{1} Amazing thread with updates and reports.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
{2} Pierre Cote LIVESTREAM on Ustream from Haiti, Updated and worth seeing for live reports
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
{3} USGS updated 2 hours late But did update their site at 10PM, initially there was a NOAA Tsunami alert /Watch that was downgraded with damage ,Quake was also downgraded to 7.0, and there have been atleast 6 aftershocks with 3 that were greater than 5.0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
{4} Good People to follow on Twitter that is Port-de-Prince @RAMhaiti @firesideint @IsabelleMORSE @troylivesay @fredodupoux @InternetHaiti
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HOW TO HELP AND WHO TO CONTACT/AID RESOURCES
{1} RED CROSS of course needs all of our help, The International Red Cross has already set up a page for DONATIONS
{2} Great List of Charities and Aid put together by Faydra Deon on Twitter Grat list Unicef,Salvation Army, etc...
{3} Please do follow @wyclef he is raising awareness and funds, Text YELE to 501501 to donate $5 to #Haiti Earthquake relief RT #CNN @Rob_Madden @Flipbooks #Help
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Photos From Haiti as of 1AM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
RELIEF WEB UPDATE AS OF 1AM PLEASE DO READ THIS UPDATE , IT ALSO HAS MAPS SHOWING POSSIBLE EXTENT OF DAMAGE AND HOW MANY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE AT RISK, OR POSSIBLE DAMAGE EXTENTS.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NPR is thoroughly covering the situation and has a thread on Twitter as well.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BBC is covering the Quake with videos,footage and updates
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Guardian is Liveblogging Quake
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Greg Mitchell has more from HuffingtonPost
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NYT has more liveblogging coverage.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Reuters is also doing a good job covring the issues and updating situation.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
5am Update:::
LATimes is updating that there is extensive damage and grave concern over not being able to get more information and more contacts.Sadly since 2 of the main hotels where UN personnel are located there is grave concern, as these two hotels have suffered huge damage, as as the World bank and the ONLY hospital.As daylight comes the full extent will be seen. Through the night the Twitter folk reported hearing people singing and praying. There is much rubble and many pancaked buildings.
It is important to understand Haiti is a Country the size of Maryland, with Hait's capital Port-Du-Prince is very very poor and there are many Relief groups there providing care and aid, as well as Orphanages for AIDS victims.People from around the world do work there helping this impoverished Country,one of the poorest in the world.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please Check Comments for Updates and Twitter Updates