This Day in History:, Massive Earthquake br Strikes Haiti.br January 12, 2010.br A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck at br 4:53 p.m. local time, devastating the br small Caribbean island nation.br It was the strongest br quake to strike the br region in more than br 200 years.br More than 200,000 people were killed.br Reducing countless homes to rubble, br the quake left nearly one million people homeless.br Thousands of bodies were picked up by br trucks and buried in mass graves.