As of right now, there have been 12 Aftershocks in Haiti, 5.9 the worst and 4.5 the lightest

[WeDidIt]

Given substantial damage in the intitial quake, these fairly strong aftershocks could finish buildings that the first quake didn't get.

Latest aftershock measured 5.2 about twenty minutes ago:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/285_20_eqs.php

Edited this post to reflect the new numbers. Now eleven aftershocks. A 5.8 registered minutes ago.

[S_E_Fudd]

1. I've been to Haiti...

I can't think of a country that deserves to have this happen them less than Haiti...

Just awful....

[WeDidIt]

2. This is just a tragedy of epic proportions

And CNN is the only station that gets it.

[ClusterFreak]

6. You said it. If Fox ignores this, you half expect it...

...but what's MSNBC's excuse?

Running regular programming right now is shameful and a complete abrogation of their responsibilities and waste of their resources.

[robinlynne]

12. the poorest country on the entire continent.

[JesterCS]

3. USGS showing 10 now n/t

[WeDidIt]

5. Yep, just registered a 4.6

This is just so terrible.

[tekisui]

4. A true damage assessment won't come until sunrise.

So sad.:-(

[WeDidIt]

7. The next 72 hours will be critical

It's the fresh water. Fresh water is already very scarce in Haiti.

More people could die from the lack of fresh water in the next three days than from the actual earthquake if fresh water isn't airlifted in.

[tekisui]

8. I can't think of a worse place to be hit with this kind of disaster.

[malaise]

9. We'll get water to then by sunrise but it's already catastrophic

People are running around looking for their loved ones. :cry: :cry:

[FedUpWithIt All]

11. It is so tragic.

We will be donating what we can to World Vision in the morning.

:-(

[WeDidIt]

13. Could be more deaths than the island of Sumatra had

during the 2005 Earthquake/Tsunami.

[tekisui]

14. Water has been and is a huge issue:

In Haiti, contaminated water is the leading cause of infant mortality and illness in children. Germs for hepatitis, cholera, and chronic diarrhea are carried in water used for cooking and drinking. Nearly every water source in Haiti has become contaminated with human waste because of the absence of a sewage sanitation system.

Haiti now has the highest infant mortality rate in the western hemisphere. The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) reported that more than half of all deaths in Haiti were due to water-borne gastro-intestinal diseases.

http://www.haitiwater.org/water_in_haiti/problem.php

In 90+ degree weather, the problem just compounds.

[gateley]

10. I've been through about 10 earthquakes, and have never experienced the

aftershocks that so many do. I can't imagine how unnerving that must be, especially with the conditions as they are there. And it's night. Those poor, poor people.

[hootinholler]

15. 14 now!

Hokey Smokes Bullwinkle!

-Hoot

[tekisui]

16. 14 aftershocks. Latest 5.4.

[Scurrilous]

17. Kick

:kick:

[WeDidIt]

18. Now up to seventeen aftershocks

CNN has scooped everybody on this disaster which will prove to be the worst in the history of the western hemisphere.

If adequate food and water are not moved in within the next 72 hours, it could be worse than the Christmas Tsunami which was the worst natural disaster in recorded human history.

[GliderGuider]

19. Seventeen aftershocks now.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/region/N_America_eqs.php

MAP 	4.9 	2010/01/13 02:11:31  	  18.445 	-73.026  	10.0  	 HAITI REGION
MAP 	5.4 	2010/01/13 01:57:35  	  18.459 	-72.924  	10.0  	 HAITI REGION
MAP 	5.0 	2010/01/13 01:55:16  	  18.397 	-72.824  	10.0  	 HAITI REGION
MAP 	5.4 	2010/01/13 01:36:34  	  18.595 	-72.892  	10.0  	 HAITI REGION
MAP 	5.3 	2010/01/13 01:32:45  	  18.384 	-72.950  	10.0  	 HAITI REGION
MAP 	5.1 	2010/01/13 01:16:52  	  18.431 	-72.856  	10.0  	 HAITI REGION
MAP 	4.6 	2010/01/13 01:05:49  	  18.537 	-72.666  	10.0  	 HAITI REGION
MAP 	5.2 	2010/01/13 00:59:06  	  18.257 	-72.914  	10.0  	 HAITI REGION
MAP 	5.0 	2010/01/13 00:43:27  	  18.541 	-72.486  	10.0  	 HAITI REGION
MAP 	4.8 	2010/01/13 00:23:56  	  18.410 	-72.716  	10.0  	 HAITI REGION
MAP 	4.5 	2010/01/12 23:47:39  	  18.471 	-72.851  	10.0  	 HAITI REGION
MAP 	4.5 	2010/01/12 23:35:40  	  18.437 	-72.811  	10.0  	 HAITI REGION
MAP 	4.8 	2010/01/12 23:27:36  	  18.482 	-72.810  	10.0  	 HAITI REGION
MAP 	5.1 	2010/01/12 23:12:04  	  18.390 	-72.570  	10.0  	 HAITI REGION
MAP 	4.2 	2010/01/12 23:07:03  	  18.432 	-72.620  	10.0  	 HAITI REGION
MAP 	5.5 	2010/01/12 22:12:05  	  18.485 	-72.556  	10.0  	 HAITI REGION
MAP 	5.9 	2010/01/12 22:00:42  	  18.321 	-72.848  	10.0  	 HAITI REGION
MAP 	7.0 	2010/01/12 21:53:09  	  18.451 	-72.445  	10.0  	 HAITI REGION

All from approximately the same location.

[Spazito]

20. There is now 18 aftershocks...

and they are quite strong, the latest being 4.8.

I can only hope there will be a major outpouring of support from around the world as Haiti will surely need it.

[WeDidIt]

21. Now 32 aftershocks ranging from 4.5 - 5.9

This is such a tragedy.

[tekisui]

22. They are still shaking.

Unreal.

[GliderGuider]

23. They just listed another one - a 4.5. That's 33 now.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/region/N_America_eqs.php

The fault had been quiet for 5 hours. I hope this doesn't herald another cluster.

God this is horrible.