A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday morning and caused damage a few days ago Tropical Storm Grace Expected to land.
Reuters Report:
On Saturday, a major earthquake struck southwest Haiti, killing at least 29 people and razing churches, hotels and houses to the ground. Recent tragedy Fight against impoverished Caribbean countries that are already in deep humanitarian and political crises.
The magnitude 7.2 earthquake was followed by a series of aftershocks, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from the town of Petit Trou de Nippes, about 150 kilometers west of the capital Port-au-Prince, with a focal depth of 10 kilometers, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
This makes the earthquakes that can be felt as far away as Cuba and Jamaica may be larger and shallower than the magnitude 7 earthquake that killed tens of thousands of people in the poorest countries in the Americas 11 years ago.
Voice of America updated information:
Prime Minister Ariel Henry stated that he is mobilizing all available government resources to help victims in the disaster-affected areas.
According to the US Geological Survey, the epicenter of the earthquake was about 125 kilometers (78 miles) west of the capital Port-au-Prince, and extensive damage was reported.
Haitian Civil Protection Director Jerry Chandler told the Associated Press that 29 people have died and a team will be sent to the area to perform search and rescue missions.
Prime Minister Henry wrote (translated) on Twitter that “violent earthquakes” have caused casualties and destruction throughout the country. Henry called on Haitians to unite because they “face the dramatic situation we live in now.”
Henry declared the country into a one-month state of emergency.
The earthquake occurred a month after the assassination of the President of Haiti Jovenel Moïse.
After listening to the earthquake briefing by the national security adviser Jack Sullivan And Secretary of State Anthony Brinken and President Joe Biden have authorized the United States to provide assistance to this troubled country, supervised by the Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Force.
