Major earthquake strikes Haiti, felt throughout Caribbean

A significant earthquake struck western Haiti on Saturday and was felt throughout the Caribbean the place folks fled their properties for worry that buildings may collapse.
The magnitude 7 earthquake quake struck 8 km (5 miles) from the city of Petit Trou de Nippes, about 150 km west of the capital Port-au-Prince, at a depth of 10 km, the U.S. Geological Survey mentioned.
The nation remains to be recovering from a magnitude 7 earthquake nearer to the capital 11 years in the past that killed tens if not lots of of hundreds of individuals and flattened swathes of buildings, leaving many homeless.
“Everyone is really afraid. It’s been years since such a big earthquake,” mentioned Daniel Ross, a resident within the jap Cuban metropolis of Guantanamo, including that his house stood agency however the furnishings shook.
The U.S. Tsunami Warning System mentioned there was no tsunami warning after the quake.