https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2010/01/14/sixteen-seconds-under-haiti/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 18:43:53 -0400<![CDATA[There&#8217;s 30 seconds of raw video of the moment the earthquake struck in Haiti. The first thirteen seconds show a perfectly normal scene. Jaywalkers running across a two lane highway beyond which a two storey concrete building can be seen. A car is in the process of making a right turn. There is traffic on the road. Then on the fourteenth second, there&#8217;s the first shock coming straight up from the ground followed by a rhythmic 1.5 Hz pile driver of destruction kicking directly up from the center of the earth. There are 23 shocks in the next 16 seconds. The building in the background begins to disintegrate by the 24 second mark in the 30 second video.]]>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:06:30 -0500<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2010/01/14/sixteen-seconds-under-haiti-n189536