Bulletin of the ISPAN, No. 9: Thirty-Five Seconds: The Earthquake of 12 January 2010
Summary: The issue written after 12 January 2010, when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck at 17:35 and became, on the bulletin's own assessment, the most destructive in Haiti's history. The cover is the National Palace on 13 January.
Key Findings
- This post-earthquake bulletin is primarily a visual record of damage to Port-au-Prince's historic and public buildings after the 12 January 2010 earthquake.
- ISPAN could cover only part of the capital because of transport limits, but documented severe damage and destruction in multiple central and residential districts.
- The bulletin records damage to state buildings, churches, schools, the National Palace, Marche Hyppolite and the Casernes Dessalines.
- ISPAN staff relocated institutional archives, equipment and furniture because the institute's own building was severely damaged.
- ISPAN technicians inspected the National Palace on 22 and 23 January and recommended prohibiting access pending deeper structural analysis.
- In the North, Citadelle Henry and Sans-Souci showed no apparent earthquake damage, but ISPAN recommended checking their foundations promptly.
Full Description
The issue written after 12 January 2010, when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck at 17:35 and became, on the bulletin's own assessment, the most destructive in Haiti's history. The cover is the National Palace on 13 January. One issue of the Bulletin de l'ISPAN, the monthly bulletin of Haiti's Institut de Sauvegarde du Patrimoine National, which ran from June 2009 to at least November 2011 and documented one monument, site or historic center per issue.
How to cite
Institute for the Protection of National Heritage (ISPAN), Bulletin of the ISPAN, No. 9: Thirty-Five Seconds: The Earthquake of 12 January 2010, https://www.haiti.org/