Ushahidi's Erik Hersman, in an email message, said the system was processing mostly web and Twitter communication in the first days after the quake, because cell networks were down in much of southern Haiti. 
Erk Hersman wa Ushahidi, alisema katika barua pepe kuwa mfumo wa usghahidi ulikuwa unashughulikia zaidi mawasiliano ya Twita na ya kwenye wavuti katika siku za kwanza za tetemeko, kwani mitandao ya simu za mkononi ilikuwa haipatikani katika sehemu kubwa ya kusini mwa Haiti.