Haiti’s famed Oloffson Hotel, a cultural landmark and celebrity haven, was incinerated amid rising violence by gangs that ...

An intense magnitude 7.2 earthquake rocked Haiti in the morning hours of August 14, some 46 miles west of the 2010 temblor. ... flattening many buildings and causing more than 200,000 deaths.

Understanding Why Haiti's Buildings Collapsed. Published Jan 20, ... when an earthquake hits, a building that has sacrificed structural support for the sake of artistry is bound to collapse.

Firefighters search for survivors inside a collapsed building after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti, Aug. 15, 2021.

Over the past two decades, Haiti has endured the devastation of two catastrophic earthquakes—first in 2010 and again in 2021. Each disaster left behind widespread destruction: buildings reduced ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The battered bodies may be mending, but the minds still struggle. As many as one in five Haiti earthquake victims have suffered trauma so great with the multiple shock… ...

LES CAYES, HAITI - AUGUST 16: A man rides his bike by a collapsed building after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on August 16, 2021 in Corvalion, Les Cayes, Haiti.

Haiti's magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck a country whose buildings were barely built to engineering standards and were hopelessly fragile in the grip of such a strong quake.

As if Haiti’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake, a tropical storm and the coronavirus pandemic weren’t enough, the temblor damaged the only medical oxygen plant in the southern part of the country.

A boy grimaces in pain, at the Immaculee Conception hospital in Les Cayes, Haiti, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021, three days after an earthquake struck the southwestern part of the nation.

Rice University. (2025, March 18). Building a safer future: Strengthen Haiti's earthquake resilience. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 03 ...