{PDF} Haiti Mw 7.0 earthquake of January 12, 2010 : lifeline performance Edwards, Curtis L

On January 12th, 2010, an earthquake struck the western peninsula of the Republic of Haiti, claiming more than 250,000 lives and leaving 1.2 million people homeless. The earthquake, which registered a magnitude of 7.0, destroyed homes, schools, and hospitals and triggered landslides and soil liquefaction that damaged the port and coastal roads. This TCLEE report discusses in detail the effects of this earthquake on lifeline infrastructure systems