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304 killed in devastating earthquake in Haiti
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- 15 August, 2021
- 06:18
The death toll from the Saturday earthquake in Haiti rose to 304, at least 1,800 people are injured, the Department of civil protection of the republic said in a statement, Report informs, citing TASS.
"So far, 304 people have died," a spokesman for the department said, adding "Also, at the moment we have information about 1,800 injured."
On Saturday morning, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit near Haiti. The earthquake struck 40 kilometers from the southern city of Les Cayes, with a population of 125,000 people, and was 10 kilometers deep. Later the Dominican newspaper Listin Diario reported about an aftershock measuring a magnitude of 5.2. The government declared a month-long state of emergency.
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