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Old 01-21-2010, 06:08 AM   #45
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Default Re: Strong Earthquake Hits Haiti 7.0

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Originally Posted by burgundia View Post
There was another one in Haiti, 6.1, the epicenter 60 kilometers south-west of the Haitian capital.
- The jolt collapsed a pier that the Navy had hoped to use to evacuate injured Haitians, officials said.

- In Petit Goave, the seaside town closest to the epicenter of the latest tremor, seven buildings collapsed,

- But there were no reports of casualties, possibly because most people were sleeping outdoors for fear

- at least 121 people have been pulled alive from the rubble by international search-and-rescue teams

Aftershock hits Haiti; Washington Post Wednesday, January 20, 2010; 5:14 PM

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