Description : An aerial view of Port-au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti, shows the extent of the destruction caused by the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti on 12th The Presidential Palace, damaged during the quake is visible on far left. According to a Haitian Government report, the tremor killed over 212, 000 people; made 1.1 million people homeless and about 450, 000 of the displaced are children. Haiti.