A strong 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Haiti leaving many building damaged and likely causing high casualties
The long, initial shock was felt in much of the Caribbean. It damaged schools as well as homes on Haiti's southwestern peninsula, according to images from witnesses.
Residents shared images on social media of the ruins of concrete buildings, including a church in which a ceremony was apparently under way on Saturday in the southwestern town of Les Anglais.warning, saying waves of up to three meters were possible along the coastline of Haiti, but it soon lifted the warning.
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