by admin | January 12th, 2010
CTV.ca News Staff
Date: Tue. Jan. 12 2010 6:52 PM ET
A magnitude-7.0 earthquake has hit the impoverished Caribbean country of Haiti, bringing down a hospital and sparking a tsunami alert.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centred 15 kilometres southwest of Port-au-Prince, the capital.
It struck at 4:53 p.m. EST and originated about 10 kilometres below ground, the agency said.
The quake also prompted a tsunami watch for Haiti, as well as Cuba, the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic.
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