Comparing Television and Internet News Coverage of the Haiti Earthquake

At 4:53 pm on Tuesday, January 12, 2010, the people of Haiti cried, panicked, prayed, asked for help. An earthquake of size 0 lost the house of Haiti, made it desolate, and prayed. From the news channel to the local newspaper, the story is everywhere, but this is not enough to satisfy the desire for my knowledge. Because of this impulsive interest, I wanted to know more about this disaster, so I went online to the New York Times website. Internet is not the only thing I want to know.

2010 Haiti Earthquake Kayla Nickel, Victoria Federico, Riley Hix Pioneer Heritage Middle School National Palace Museum Introduction The Haiti earthquake is one of the most serious earthquakes in Haitian history. According to "World Book Student" it caused about 316,000 deaths and over 1 million people were driven out of the house. This is highly destructive for residents, government officials and the world. At 4:53 pm on January 12th 2010, people in Port-au-Prince found that Haiti was once the world's first independent republic of black and the richest island in the Caribbean. Today, Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and is one of the poorest countries in the world. What will happen in Haiti in the history of about 200 years? The country experienced many civil wars and foreign interference. Haiti is not isolated from the international community. Therefore, ordinary Haitians involved in the United States do not care about this.

The 2010 Haiti earthquake, His great earthquake on Hispaniola Island of West Indies on January 12, 2010 including Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Haiti was the most affected, accounting for one-third of the western part of the island. The exact number of deaths proved to be elusive in subsequent confusion. The official figures of the Haitian government exceed 300,000 people, but estimates other than that are negligible. Hundreds of thousands of survivors evacuated. The earthquake occurred around 4:53 pm, about 25 miles southwest of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince (25 km). The initial magnitude was 7.0, and the two aftershocks of magnitude 5.9 and 5.5 occurred very early. Further aftershocks occurred in the next few days, including aftershocks of magnitude 5.9 at Petit Goo, about 35 miles west of Port-au-Prince on January 20.