Disaster is “likely widespread” after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the Sud region of southern Haiti at 8:29 a.m., local time, on Saturday, sending people into the streets as buildings toppled in the shaking.
As of Saturday evening, the death toll is over 300, but that number is expected to sharply rise. According to The Associated Press, at least 1,800 others were likely injured in the crumbling of buildings.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) marked the epicenter of the quake about 80 miles (129 km) to the southwest of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, with a depth of around 6 miles (10 km).
Read more at AccuWeather.
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Haiti has been in a perpetual state of disaster ever since its independence. It’s not that difficult to understand why it is so.
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