• 212 miles away from the capitol; close enough to damage? source

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• At 6.8, this quake is nearly as strong as the one that turned Haiti into a pile of rubble. Here’s a map. More details on the quake as we get them. This literally just happened.
• Update: The A.P. (grumble) reports that the quake was strong enough to shake buildings in Beijing for a minute, despite its relatively long distance away.

• 4.3 earthquake 50 miles outside of Chicago; blame asian carp source

• 11 days trapped in the quake rubble, but he still survived source

• A truck stopped and we jumped on, and the driver gave us the rice as a gift. But the cops shot us.
• An unidentified companion who was also shot for reportedly stealing rice • On the events that led police to kill Gentile Cherie yesterday. CNN caught the reported rice-stealing encounter and went to film the arrests, but got more than they bargained for when police reportedly shot the men in the back. Jesus. source

• Google’s updated their satellite images for Port-au-Prince, Haiti, post-earthquake, and some of the new views are devastating and terrible. The images are also being given to relief organizations, who may be able to use it to assist others. source

• 6.1 aftershock this morning; no new damage reported source

• Will it cause new deaths? It’s possible, but as many Haitians have been sleeping in the streets for fear of this very thing, not as likely. Fingers crossed.

• We need to make an important point here. (Note the graphic video.) Anderson Cooper saved a young boy’s life here. And this past weekend, Sanjay Gupta kept a hospital afloat. Other doctors and reporters are getting their hands dirty in helping out with one of the worst natural disasters in history. And yet, some media critics are giving them crap for daring to help. We need to clarify this to our readers here, as fellow journalists:

• one Being a journalist does not instantly mean that you stop caring about other human beings.
• two It’s easy to remain impartial when you’re not in a disaster zone like Cooper was.
• three Life and death is not the point where one brings up an ethical fight. It’s unavoidable.
• four CNN’s editors may be exploiting it, but we’d rather see reporters help out. source