New 6.1 earthquake shakes Haiti, panicking residents

by admin | January 20th, 2010

BY JACQUELINE CHARLES, TRENTON DANIEL, LESLEY CLARK AND FRANCES ROBLES - jcharles@MiamiHerald.com

PORT-AU-PRINCE — A 6.1 magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti Wednesday morning, shaking buildings and sending panicked people running into the streets only eight days after the country’s capital was devastated by a previous quake.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit at 6:03 a.m. about 35 miles west of the capital, near the town of Petit Goave. It struck at a depth of 13.7 miles but was located too far inland to generate any tidal waves in the Caribbean.

Click on link to read the rest of the article and watch video where UN trucks deliver food aid to Peguyville, Haiti, where 40,000 people are affected by the earthquake.  http://www.miamiherald.com/582/story/1435034.html

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