The magnitude 4.9 quake occurred in the isolated Grand'Anse department nearly 300 kilometres west of Port-au-Prince.
The magnitude 4.9 quake occurred in the isolated Grand'Anse department nearly 300 kilometres west of Port-au-Prince, at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres, according to the US Geological Survey.
The quake comes just days after heavy storms battered Haiti – the poorest nation in the Western hemisphere – leaving at least 51 people dead and 18 missing, according to a Civil Protection services toll quoted by the United Nations on Tuesday. He added that the World Food Programme is prepared to distribute some 350,000 meals and other food assistance to those in need.
The latest quake struck shortly after 5am EST just off the coast of the southwestern peninsula of the Caribbean nation which is regularly hit by destructive earthquakes.
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