( CNN ) -- CNN is monitoring tweets and other messages from people in Haiti and reports from those who said they have been in touch with friends and family . CNN has not been able to able to verify this material . What people on the ground in Haiti are saying on Twitter : . `` Felt that , loud and clear . We 're in Cap Haitien . House ( really the whole world ) shook for about 30 seconds '' -- From Twitter user firesideint ( Luke Renner ) at 5:20 p.m . ET . Watch Luke 's interview with a Haitian student after quake . `` this s***is still shaking ! major earthquake in haiti ! '' -- From Twitter user fredodupouxat 5:20 p.m . ET . `` Just experienced a MAJOR earthquake here in Port au Prince - walls were falling down . - we are ALL fine - pray for those in the slums '' -- From Twitter user troylivesay in Port-au-Prince , Haiti at 5:24 p.m . ET . `` words on the streets part of Hotel Montana Fell , exagone is cracked . houses in canape vert fell down # haiti # eq '' -- From Twitter user fredodupoux in Haiti at 6:05 p.m . ET . See CNN 's Twitter list of feeds pertaining to quake . `` In touch again with my friend , a new aftershock just happen , lot of emotions ... # Haiti # HaitiQuake '' -- From Twitter user InternetHaiti in Port-au-Prince , Haiti at 6:15 p.m . ET . `` Phones and internet are mostly out - we do n't have either at home - radio says the Palace fell down and buildings fell down all along Delmas '' -- From Twitter user troylivesay in Port-au-Prince , Haiti , at 7:28 p.m . ET . `` I ca n't imagine the devastation this has caused to such an overly stressed city - I think it will be suffering for quite some time '' -- From Twitter user troylivesay in Port-au-Prince , Haiti , at 7:31 p.m . ET . iReport.com : Are you there ? Send photos , stories . `` If anyone in Haiti is reading this , please go out and help in the streets , it 's very ug ; y out there if you have n't seen it # haiti '' -- From Twitter user fredodupoux in Haiti at 8:04 p.m . ET . `` In our area mostly exterior walls fallen - people afraid to re-enter their homes ... '' -- From Twitter user troylivesay in Port-au-Prince , Haiti , at 8:20 p.m . ET . `` Tipap made it home from Carrefour - saw many dead bodies and injured along the way - said most buidings w/more than one story are down '' -- From Twitter user troylivesay in Port-au-Prince , Haiti , at 8:22 p.m . ET . `` I 'm hearing singing and praying from from the carrefour feuilles area.. My prayers go out to the folks there '' -- From Twitter user RAMhaiti in Haiti at 9:26 p.m . ET . `` just saw a picture of the palace..it is destroyed '' -- From Twitter user RAMhaiti in Haiti at 10:05 p.m . ET . `` I 'm told things are n't good at [ Hotel ] Montana.. an 8 story building behind me is rubble '' -- From Twitter user RAMhaiti in Haiti at 10:20 p.m . ET . CNN story commentors describing scene . `` its crazy . we can here people wailing and crying . we know a lot of big buildings have fallen . we watched the mountain above the orphanage split . i have never experienced anything like this before . all of the nannies and kids are sitting out in the middle of our compound . a neighbor has already come over for medical help . i do n't have words to express . '' -- Commentor relating details from sister-in-law in Jacmel , Haiti on the south coast at the Hands and Feet Mission/Children 's Village . `` Just got news that one of nannies , Francines school in Jacmel fell . She is injured but prayfor her . Many of her classmates are dead ! She is at her moms house next door tonight . We also heardthat thehospital in Petionville ( PAP ) also collasped . '' -- Commentor Drex Stuart of the Hands & Feet Mission in Jacmel , Haiti . `` My brother and I were able to speak to our mother right before the communication went down . The house had collapse and she was outside in the front yard on her cell phone . She described total destruction around her '' -- Commentor on CNN story . `` Hello I live in Santiago Dominican Republic , The haiti earthquake was felt as if the epicenter was located in Dom Rep . I was lying on my bed and everything started shaking , frames and loose items around my home fell all over the place . A building which serves as a hospital for children with severe burns collapsed and they are currently trying to remove debris and victims from the building . I also have friends who work and haiti and the last thing I heard is that the hotel located near petion ville where they stay at collapsed and are trying to rescue victims as well . '' -- Commentor on CNN story .
NEW : Tweets : ` ` an 8 story building behind me is rubble , '' ` ` the palace .. it is rubble '' . ` ` described total destruction around her '' to reporters , CNN commentor writes . Tweet : ` ` many dead bodies and injured , '' collapsed buildings in Haiti . CNN update reports , tweets after quake in Haiti ; messages have not been vetted .