Most of it was to homes and buildings. It also said the September earthquake killed 2,321 people and damaged some 82,000 housing units, leaving 310,000 homeless or otherwise seriously affected.
Officials say it also changed the island's topography.
For example, some areas along the fault line were moved northwest by nearly nine yards. Three weeks to the day after the giant quake there was still confusion over actual numbers of people with nowhere to stay. Actually, many residents whose houses are still habitable choose to camp out at night and return to their houses by day. Government officials said the imprecise homeless count was not unusual, reflecting the widespread nature of the damage across many towns and villages in several mountainous counties. All they had was estimates.