How much destruction was made by the earthquake in Haiti?
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On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake-ravaged Haiti.1 An estimated 230,000 people were killed. Another 300,000 were injured. More than 600,000 people left Port-au-Prince to stay with families outside the capital. The quake displaced 1.5 million people. Makeshift camps sprung up to shelter them. In total, the quake-affected 20% of the nation's 10.4 million population. Seven years later, 55,000 people still lived in the camps, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.2 The U.N. also reported that 2.5 million Haitians needed humanitarian aid. That would cost $370 million. In 2016, Hurricane Matthew set back rebuilding efforts. Food became scarce, and cholera started spreading again. Also, Haiti must absorb the 250,000 of its citizens returning from the Dominican Republic.