BREAKING UPDATE: At least 227 dead and multiple injured after 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Haiti, officials say.
, he added:"We will make the necessary arrangements to assist people affected by the earthquake in the Southern Peninsula. We must show a lot of solidarity with regard to the emergency," he added."... We will act quickly."in July. Moïse's wife was injured in what officials called a"highly coordinated" attack.
The impoverished country, where many live in tenuous circumstances, is vulnerable to earthquakes and hurricanes. AIn 2010, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit the capital and killed an estimated 300,000 people. John Bellini, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colorado, said Saturday's quake is"significantly stronger" and"a lot larger in the amount of energy released" than the one in 2010.
Earlier this morning, a M7.2 earthquake occurred in Haiti, near the city of Les Cayes, ~125 km W of the capital city of Port-au-Prince & ~75 km W of the M7.0 Jan 12, 2010 earthquake that caused major damage to the capital city.
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