Haiti: Survivors feel 'like children with no parents' after 2010 quake This sleepy village in Haiti once hoped to be a model of reconstruction after an earthquake struck the Caribbean nation on January 12, 2010, leaving hundreds of thousands dead. A decade on, however, the aftermath of the quake is still felt by residents here, many of whose crippling wounds prevent them from working or earning money to survive. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES