In January 2010, the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated much of Haiti caused considerable damage to the town of Petit-Goave, followed by a 5.9 magnitude aftershock centered directly below the town. Due to good construction techniques, the school suffered little damage (only a crack in the parts built under Harry's watchful eyes). The computer lab, which was built around 2008 above the school's auditorium, by Haitians, went down to dust. The unfinished computer lab had not been built to the same Brakeman standards as the rest of the school, and was destroyed in the quake and aftershocks.