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Animation by Josh Sherrington
Sound by Graham Haerther (http://www.Haerther.net)
Thumbnail by Simon Buckmaster

Music by epidemicsound.com
Select footage courtesy the AP Archive

References:
[1] earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem14226221/executive
[2] worldbank.org/en/country/haiti/overview; worldbank.org/en/country/haiti/overview
[3] cbc.ca/news/world/why-haiti-s-quake-was-so-devastating-1.907001
[4] spherestandards.org/wp-content/uploads/Sphere-Handbook-2018-EN.pdf
[5] cbsnews.com/news/haiti-earthquake-aid-nearly-15-billion-in-donations
[6] nytimes.com/2010/01/14/world/americas/14cutter.html?hp
[7] wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704541004575011403710933576
[8] airtrafficmanagement.keypublishing.com/2010/01/22/faa-sends-temporary-air-traffic-control-tower-to-haiti