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15 killed in powerful earthquake in Haiti
October 09, 2018

In Haiti, at least 15 people have been killed and 300 injured in a 7.1 magnitude earthquake at richter scale that struck Port-de-Paix province.

The tremor caused widespread panic in the north and was one of the strongest to shake Haiti since a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck near the capital Port-au-Prince in 2010. That quake killed tens of thousands of people.

A magnitude 5.2 aftershock on Sunday afternoon sent people rushing into the street in Port-de-Paix, the coastal town that bore the brunt of Saturday’s earthquake.