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THOUSANDS are feared dead and many more injured after a major earthquake struck western Haiti on Saturday, forcing people to flee their homes amid fears buildings might collapse.

The magnitude 7 earthquake struck 8 km from the town of Petit Trou de Nippes, about 150 km west of the capital Port-au-Prince, at a depth of 10 km, the US Geological Survey said.

Homes and buildings have been destroyed
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Homes and buildings have been destroyedCredit: Jose Flécher
Thousands are likely to have been killed, USGS is reporting

Thousands are likely to have been killed, USGS is reportingCredit: @HBeaucejour/Twitter
A truck is seen crushed by debris in the above image

A truck is seen crushed by debris in the above imageCredit: Twitter/AGIR AJI
The US Geological Survey (USGS) has estimated “thousands of fatalities” and “tens of thousands of injuries in poor mountainous communities."

“High casualties are probable and the disaster is likely widespread,” the USGS said around an hour after the quake.

Images posted to social media also showed significant damage to buildings including collapsed homes and rubble splayed across the road.

Economic losses could range in the tens of millions, USGS reports.

The country is still recovering from a magnitude 7 earthquake closer to the capital 11 years ago that killed at least 250,000 people, injured 300,000, and displaced more than 1.5 million.

"Everyone is really afraid. It's been years since such a big earthquake," Daniel Ross, a resident in the eastern Cuban city of Guantanamo, told Reuters, adding that his home stood firm but the furniture shook.

Images posted to social media also showed significant damage to buildings including collapsed homes and rubble splayed across the road

Images posted to social media also showed significant damage to buildings including collapsed homes and rubble splayed across the roadCredit: @HBeaucejour/Twitter
The earthquake was .2 stronger in magnitude than a deadly earthquake that killed 250,000 11 years ago

The earthquake was .2 stronger in magnitude than a deadly earthquake that killed 250,000 11 years agoCredit: @HBeaucejour/Twitter
Economic losses could be in the tens of millions

Economic losses could be in the tens of millionsCredit: Jose Flécher
Naomi Verneus, a 34-year-old resident of Port-au-Prince, told the AP she was jolted awake by the earthquake and that her bed was shaking.

“I woke up and didn’t have time to put my shoes on. We lived the 2010 earthquake and all I could do was run," she said.

"I later remembered my two kids and my mother were still inside. My neighbor went in and told them to get out. We ran to the street."

A video posted to social media depicted a chaotic and frightening scene in Les Cayes, where a building had collapsed onto a street and panic-stricken residents are heard crying out in the background.

The earthquake was also felt across the Caribbean, including in Jamaica and Cuba.


A series of smaller aftershocks continued to shake the island after the original quake

A series of smaller aftershocks continued to shake the island after the original quakeCredit: Twitter/AGIR AJI
An exact death toll is not yet clear

An exact death toll is not yet clearCredit: Twitter/@YRumbold
The US Geological Survey (USGS) has estimated 'thousands of fatalities' and 'tens of thousands of injuries in poor mountainous communities'

The US Geological Survey (USGS) has estimated 'thousands of fatalities' and 'tens of thousands of injuries in poor mountainous communities'
The US Tsunami Warning System said "hazardous tsunami waves are forecast" with waves reaching one to three meters above the tide level possible along the coast of Haiti.

A series of smaller aftershocks continued to shake the island after the original quake, USGS reported.

One registering a magnitude of 5.2 occurred 17 km (10 miles) from Chantal, Haiti, earlier this morning.

Haiti is one of the poorest nations in the world, with 60 percent of its population living below the poverty line.

The disaster-stricken nation is still reeling from the assassination of its president, Jovenel Moïse, on July 7.

Haiti is still also still feeling the effects of its devastating earthquake in January 2010.

It comes just over two weeks since a massive 8.2 earthquake rattled buildings in Alaska and prompted Tsunami warnings in Hawaii.

Earlier Saturday, a 6.9 earthquake hit the southeast of Alaska. So far no injuries have been reported.

Some places are better equipped to deal with something like that.

Hati isn't one of those places. Add in political turmoil and boy oh boy


I pray something good happens to those people.

That is one bad quake. I was living in Hollywood, CA in 1994 when we had the Northridge earthquake and that one was really scary... This one in Haiti is much stronger. Prayers their way.

Nothing good has happened there since before 1991, at least. They have literally been one disastrous event after another. You almost have to work at having that much bad luck.

Their government is trash, and I hope all of those buildings collapsed while full.
Everyone else... I hope they survive and get a government that will actually take care of them. Perhaps the Dominican can just annex them?

The Dominican (outside of some tourist areas) is no paradise for the people who live there either.

Poor Haiti... praying for them

This poor country just can't catch a break.
The people have been suffering for generations.

Can't even tell you how heart-broken I am for them. I don't know if any of you Dawgs remember WR David Nelson and the short time he spent with us here in Cleveland. He QUIT the NFL to go be a beacon of hope in Haiti. He became one of my biggest NFL heroes.

http://nfl-pe-stage.azurewebsites.net/ne...ian-earthquake/

My wife and I followed his path and planned to go "vacation" on one of his Vision Trips in 2019. First Covid and then too much civil unrest to let the trips continue.

David not only focuses on helping the orphans that already exist, but ending the cycle that feeds more and more babies into the mouth of poverty. Days like today don't do him (us) any favors. Imagine holding a baby in your arms and waiting for the fear to subside so he/she can stop shaking, fearing for it's life, conditioned to believe that interaction means harm, fear, pain and despair... but yet not realizing the delicate balance between life and death when nobody cares.

I have little patience for "us" and our first-world-problems. And now this? Again?? I AM a God fearing Christian, but days like these? I shake my fists at the sky. Pray if you pray... help if you can help.

https://action.publicgood.com/campaign/652a7503-fe9f-44e5-95d8-964699cd2c23

Maybe the best way to save Haiti is to evacuate it.

For a few years running after the last earthquake in Haiti, a young nurse I worked with would take a couple week vacation and assist with the recovery there. She appeared to have fallen in love with the place and the people. That quake was devastating, and I can't imagine having to go through that a second time..