Raws li qhov av qeeg muaj zog tawm ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv Haiti, muaj kev puas tsuaj thiab txawm tias muaj neeg tuag. Tus naj npawb ntawm cov neeg tuag tseem tsis tau paub.
Qhov av qeeg loj ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv Haiti tau kwv yees los ntawm European Mediterranean Seismological Center (ESMC) ntawm 7, 2, thiab Asmeskas Tsunami Warning Center (NWS) kwv yees tias yuav muaj dej nyab. Kev tshee tshee tau hnov hauv lub nroog Haiti - lub nroog Port -au -Prince - thiab qhov chaw nruab nrab yog 40 kilometers ntawm lub nroog Le Quay ntawm qhov tob ntawm 10 kilometers.
Raws li ib qho ntawm cov xov xwm hauv zos portals, tsawg kawg yog plaub tus neeg raug tua nyob hauv av qeeg. Ob tus menyuam tau tshaj tawm tias yog cov neeg raug tsim txom.
Tus neeg sau xov xwm hauv nroog Franz Duval tau tshaj tawm ntau tus neeg raug mob. Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Haitian Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Ariel Henri tau mus rau Lub Chaw Saib Xyuas Xwm Ceev Hauv Tebchaws hauv Port-au-Prince.
Lub caij no, qhov hloov tshiab ntawm qhov av qeeg tau sau tseg ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv ntawm Asmeskas xeev Alaska yog 6, 9. Raws li US Geological Survey, qhov chaw nruab nrab ntawm qhov tshee yog 803 kilometers sab qab teb hnub poob ntawm Anchorage. Qhov chaw ntawm av qeeg ntog ntawm qhov tob ntawm 33 kilometers. Tsis tau tshaj tawm txog kev puas tsuaj, raug mob thiab kev hem thawj ntawm tsunami.