Haitis regering reporterede at næsten 70.000 lig var blevet samlet af officielt mandskab.<ref name='miami'>{{cite news | first=Jacqueline | last=Charles | author2 =  Trenton Daniel | author3 =  Frances Robles | author4 =  Jim Wyss |author-link= | title=In Haiti, U.S. citizens scramble onto evacuation flights; groups struggle to deliver aid | date=2010-01-16 | publisher= | url =http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/haiti/story/1428724.html | work =The Miami Herald | pages = | access-date = 2010-01-17 | language = }}</ref> Nogle reporter viser, at 250.000 personer blev skadet, og en million hatianere mistede deres hjem.<ref name='oba'>{{cite news | first=Dan | last=Harris | author2 =  Martha Raddatz |author-link= | title=Racing the Clock to Save Haiti Quake Victims Amid the Stench of Death | date=2010-01-16 | publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] | url =http://abcnews.go.com/WN/HaitiEarthquake/obama-enlists-presidents-haitians-grow-desperate-amid-slow/story?id=9579651 | work =[[ABC World News]] | pages = | access-date = 2010-01-17 | language = }}</ref> Eksperter advarer om, at det sidste dødstal vil blive en "gætte-vurdering", da ulykkens skala gør et præcist tal umuligt.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1953379_1953494_1954342,00.html?xid=rss-world|title=Are the Death Estimates Accurate?|last=Fletcher|first=Dan|date=16. januar 2010|publisher=Time|access-date=17. januar 2010|archive-date=27. maj 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120527031839/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1953379_1953494_1954342,00.html?xid=rss-world|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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