Read the passage carefully , then decide whether the following statements are true ( T ) or false ( F ) .
A 7.0 magnitude earthqualce struclc Haiti just before 5 pm . on 12 January 2010 , about 10 miles southwest of Port - au - Prince , the country ' s capital . The quako was the worst in the region in more than 200 years . An estimated million people were affected by the quake . The Faitian Government reported that an estimated 230 , 000 people had died , 300 , 000 had been injured and 1 , 000 , 000 made homeless .
Most of Port - au - Prince ' s major landmarks were significantly damaged or stroyed in the earthqualce , including the Presidential Palace , the National Assem bly building , the Port - au - Prince Cathedral , and the main jail . All hospitals were destroyed or so badly damaged that they have been abandoned . The day after the quake . Haiti ' s president , René Préval , called the destruction " unimaginable . ”
32 . The earthquake in Haiti measured 7 . 0 on the Richter scale .
33 . The earthqualce hit Haiti at 5 p.m. on 12 January 2010 .
34 The earthqualce caused severe damage ' to Port - au - Prince .
35 . Hundreds of thousands of people were killed in the earthqualke 36 .
36. The 2010 earthquake was the region ' s worst ever earthquake
