海地7.3級(jí)地震首都幾成廢墟

7.3級(jí)地震襲擊海地，地震源位于首都太子港西南15公里。并伴隨2場(chǎng)較大規(guī)模的余震，分別達(dá)到5.9級(jí)和5.5級(jí)別。據(jù)估計(jì)數(shù)千人死亡。點(diǎn)擊查看海地地震第一時(shí)間圖集

　　據(jù)太子港海地當(dāng)?shù)赜浾邎?bào)道，海地在12日發(fā)生7.0級(jí)強(qiáng)烈地震后，海地總統(tǒng)府、財(cái)政部和文化和交通部目前都受到了地震影響，當(dāng)?shù)赝ㄓ嵑碗娏?yīng)受到嚴(yán)重影響。 

　　Hundreds of people are feared dead after a powerful earthquake rocked Haiti, causing massive damage across the country。

　　The quake, which struck about 15km (10 miles) south-west of the capital, Port-au-Prince, was quickly followed by two strong aftershocks。

　　據(jù)BBC當(dāng)?shù)赜浾逳ick Davies報(bào)道，感覺(jué)大地劇烈搖動(dòng)了將近1分鐘。他看到當(dāng)?shù)厝死煤?jiǎn)單的工具，甚至徒手從廢墟中搶救廢墟中的傷員。

　　美國(guó)總統(tǒng)奧巴馬對(duì)地震遇害者深表哀悼，并表示美國(guó)將全力提供援助。美洲開(kāi)發(fā)銀行將向海地提供20萬(wàn)美元緊急援助款。目前海地國(guó)際機(jī)場(chǎng)尚能正常運(yùn)行。

　　海地是加勒比海地震多發(fā)國(guó)家，但此次7.3級(jí)是16年以來(lái)最大的一次。海地人口約900萬(wàn)人，由于多年戰(zhàn)亂，政局不穩(wěn)，國(guó)家基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施落后，大多數(shù)房屋都達(dá)不到抗震要求。據(jù)美國(guó)南加州大學(xué)教授湯姆喬丹估計(jì)此次地震將造成大量人員死亡。

　　A 7.0-magnitude quake which hit south of the Haitian capitalPort-au-Prince is feared to have killed hundreds of people across theCaribbean country。

　　In the space of a minute, Haiti’s worst quake in two centurieswrecked the HQ of the UN mission, the presidential palace and numerousother buildings。

　　A "large number" of UN personnel were reported missing by the organisation。

　　The capital is now said to be in total darkness with many people sleeping outside amid fear of more aftershocks。

　　Describing the earthquake as a "catastrophe", Haiti’s envoy to the US said the cost of the damage could run into billions。

　　A number of nations, including the US, UK and Venezuela, are gearing up to send aid。

　　As night fell, Rachmani Domersant, an operations manager with the Food for the Poor charity, told Reuters: "The whole city is indarkness. You have thousands of people sitting in the streets with nowhere to go. There are people running, crying, screaming."

　　Adding that he had seen no rescue vehicles in the hillside suburb of Petionville, he said: "People are trying to dig victims out with flashlights. I think hundreds of casualties would be a serious understatement."

　　A French official told AFP news agency about 200 people were missingin the collapsed Hotel Montana, which is popular with tourists。

　　There have also been some reports of looting overnight。

　　Earlier, bodies white with dust could be seen piled on the back of apick-up truck as vehicles tried to ferry the injured to hospital。

　　Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere and hassuffered a number of recent disasters, including four hurricanes andstorms in 2008 that killed hundreds。

　　Three million affected

　　In a statement issued in New York, the UN said that its local HQ inHaiti had "sustained serious damage along with other UN installations"and "a large number" of personnel were missing。

　　The quake, whichstruck about 15km (10 miles) south-west of Port-au-Prince, was quickly followed by two strong aftershocks of 5.9 and 5.5 magnitude。

　　The tremor hit at 1653 (2153 GMT)，the US Geological Survey said. Phone lines to the country failed shortly afterwards。

　　Aid workers and reporters at the scene estimated the number of dead to be in the hundreds or even thousands