2010 Haiti earthquake Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Tsunami=== The [[Pacific Tsunami Warning Center]] issued a [[tsunami]] warning immediately after the initial quake,<ref name="AJC"/> but quickly cancelled it.<ref name="noaa1">{{cite web|url=http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/messages/caribe/2010/caribe.2010.01.12.233517.txt|title=Tsunami Message Number 3|publisher=NOAA|access-date=12 January 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100115063820/http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/messages/caribe/2010/caribe.2010.01.12.233517.txt| archive-date= 15 January 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> Nearly two weeks later it was reported that the beach of the small fishing town of [[Petit Paradis]] was hit by a localised tsunami shortly after the earthquake, probably as a result of an underwater landslide, and this was later confirmed by researchers.<ref name="BBCtsunami">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8536561.stm Lessons to be learned from Haiti's tsunami] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804095657/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8536561.stm |date=4 August 2020 }} BBC News, 25 February 2010</ref> At least three people were swept out to sea by the wave and were reported dead. Witnesses told reporters that the sea first retreated and a "very big wave" followed rapidly, crashing ashore and sweeping boats and debris into the ocean.<ref name=tsunamiCNN>{{cite news|author=Rich Phillips |author2=Senior Producer |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/22/haiti.paradise.lost/ |title=In Petit Paradis, earthquake then tsunami |publisher=CNN|date=20 January 2010 |access-date=24 February 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100126123240/http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/22/haiti.paradise.lost/| archive-date= 26 January 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> The tsunami reached heights up to {{Convert|3|m|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web|access-date=16 August 2021|title= Deadly Tsunami Hits Haiti After Quake|work=National Geographic|date= 23 February 2010|url= https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/100223-haiti-earthquake-tsunamis-swarm|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210816141312/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/100223-haiti-earthquake-tsunamis-swarm|url-status= dead|archive-date= 16 August 2021}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page