List of populated places affected by the 2010 Haiti earthquake

This is a list of populated places and structures affected by the 2010 Haiti earthquake, a magnitude 7.0 M_w earthquake that occurred on 12 January 2010, with an epicentre approximately 25 km (16 mi) west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti,^[1] and affected an estimated three million people.^[2] The Haitian government estimated that 230,000 people died,^[3] 300,000 were injured and 1,000,000 made homeless by the quake.^[4]

The earthquake caused extensive damage to infrastructure in southwestern Haiti—in February, Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive estimated that 250,000 residences and 30,000 commercial buildings had collapsed or were severely damaged.^[5] The deputy mayor of Léogâne, at the epicentre of the earthquake,^[6] reported that 90 percent of buildings in the city were destroyed and Léogâne had "to be totally rebuilt."^[7] As much as 90 percent of Grand-Goâve was devastated, including all public buildings.^[8][9] In Gressier, 40–50 percent of buildings were destroyed; the same in the worst-affected areas of Carrefour.^[10] Jacmel, the capital of Sud-Est department, also was heavily affected; 70 percent of homes in the city were damaged according to the mayor of Jacmel,^[11] as well as the airport, hospital and city hall building.^[12][13]

Many landmark buildings were damaged or destroyed, including the Presidential Palace,^[14] the National Assembly building (Palais Législatif), the Supreme Court building (Palais de Justice)^[15] and the Holy Trinity and Port-au-Prince Cathedrals.^[15] Port-au-Prince's main port and airport, the Port international de Port-au-Prince and Toussaint Louverture International Airport also suffered severe damage,^[16][17] as did Killick, the Haitian Coast Guard's base in the capital city.^[18] The Ciné Institute, Haiti's only film school, "lost two buildings".^[19]