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There was another one in Haiti, 6.1, the epicenter 60 kilometers south-west of the Haitian capital.
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- More deaths reported after last week's quake that killed about 200,000
The country has been hit by a series of aftershocks since last week's 7.0-magnitude quake that has killed at least 200,000 people, with most ranging in magnitude from 4.0 to 5.0, but Wednesday's aftershock has been the strongest.
The U.S. Geological Survey initially reported that the magnitude of the aftershock was 6.1, but they later revised that figure to 5.9.
The USGS said the latest quake was centred 56 kilometres northwest of Port-au-Prince and was 22 kilometres below the surface.
- "Some buildings that had been weakened by the original earthquake have been toppled as a result of this one,"
- Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said the Canadian Embassy was damaged in the aftershock,
- She said serious shaking would have been felt up to 200 kilometres away from the epicentre.
- Of the 200,000 believed dead, about 70,000 bodies have been recovered and trucked off to mass graves. Around 250,000 have been injured and 1.5 million left homeless.
Haiti hit by powerful aftershock, Last Updated: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 | 10:17 PM ET CBC NEWS