"Earthquake leaves Haiti ‘worse than a war zone’"

It's not weather, but earthquakes are part of Earth science, so I thought I'd touch a little on this devastating earthquake. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, here's a brief overview of what happened from NBC and MSNBC:

(This photo provided by Carel Pedre shows people running past rubble of a damaged building in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. The largest earthquake ever recorded in the area shook Haiti on Tuesday, collapsing a hospital where people screamed for help. (AP Photo/Carel Pedre) MANDATORY CREDIT: CAREL PEDRE; NO SALES)

"3 million people are affected, Red Cross says; thousands of buildings razed

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Gravely injured Haitians pleaded for help Wednesday after the strongest earthquake to hit the poor Caribbean nation in more than 200 years crushed thousands of structures, from humble shacks to the National Palace and the headquarters of U.N. peacekeepers.
Destroyed communications made it impossible to tell the extent of destruction from Tuesday afternoon's 7.0-magnitude tremor, or to estimate the number of dead lying among the collapsed buildings in Haiti's capital of about 2 million people. Among the missing was the head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission.
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 the damage to emerge. Clouds of dust thrown up by falling buildings choked Port-au-Prince for hours."

For more on the story, click here, and to see some more images on this slideshow.

Here's a look at where the earthquake hit the hardest:

To get a little more scientific information on this particular quake from USGS here's a link to their website, it monitors earthquakes across the globe, you can check on the seismograms and more details here as well.

~KDLT Meteorologist Jesse Ritka