

Residents rest on the street after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday. A powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused major damage to Haiti when it hit off the coast of the Caribbean nation. Kena Betancur/Reuters
Buildings are seen damaged in the neighborhood of Petionville, Haiti, on Jan. 12. The quake toppled the Presidential Palace and hillside shanties alike, leaving the the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country appealing for international help. Nabil Hijjawi via Your View/Reuters
People walk along a street lined with buildings destroyed after the major earthquake struck in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday. The quake had a depth of five miles and is the largest recorded the in area since 1770. Retuers TV/Reuters
A man carries a child in need of aid outside the Hotel Villa Creole in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday. International Red Cross spokesman Paul Conneally said an estimated 3 million people may have been affected by the quake and that it would take a day or two for a clear picture of scope of the destruction to emerge. Ivanoh Demers/Montreal La Presse/The Canadian Press/AP
A view of Haiti's Presidential Palace is seen, damaged after the earthquake on Tuesday. Though much of the palace collapsed, according to the AP, President Rene Preval and his wife survived the quake. Reuters TV/Reuters
At Barajas International Airport in Madrid, a Spanish firefighter gives water to a rescue dog before departing for Haiti. Firefighters Without Borders, the International Red Cross, and other groups say they are preparing for a major disaster relief effort in Haiti after a powerful earthquake struck. Paul White/AP
Elie Isaac prays for the people in Haiti at the First Haitian Baptist Church of Norwich, Conn., on Tuesday. Isaac has family and friends in Haiti. Abigail Pheiffer/The Day/AP
Marleine Bastien (r.) tries unsuccessfully to reach her relative in Haiti from 'Little Haiti' in Miami, Fla., on Tuesday after hearing news of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck the island. Alan Diaz/AP
People run past rubble of a damaged building in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Tuesday. Carel Pedre/AP
People walk past a crushed car and rubble in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Tuesday after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the area. Carel Pedre/AP
A damaged building is seen after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Tuesday. Radio Tele Ginen/AP
Anthony Guarino, a seismic analyst at the Caltech Seismological Laboratory shows the 7.0 earthquake peak from Haiti in a laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., on Tuesday. Damian Dovarganes/AP
People are seen at the ruins of a building, which was destroyed after a major earthquake struck in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 12. Reuters TV/Reuters
Residents sleep in the street after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince Tuesday. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
Earthquake survivors view a crack through a shanty town on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince on Wednesday after the powerful earthquake hit Haiti on Tuesday. Matt Marek/American Red Cross/AP
Earthquake damage to a shanty town on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince is seen on Tuesday. Matt Marek/American Red Cross/AP