What happened after the aftershock earthquake in Hati?”
Strong aftershock jolts Haiti, causing panic Published: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A large aftershock rocked Haiti Wednesday morning, one week after a devastating earthquake killed as many as 200,000 people. The U.S. Geological Survey estimated the magnitude of Wednesday’s aftershock at 6.1. Last week’s quake registered 7 on the Richter scale. When the aftershock hit, pieces of the ceiling in the Canadian Embassy’s media room fell, sending journalists scrambling away from the building. The debris landed on a sleeping photographer from a Quebec news website, but he escaped without serious injury. Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon confirmed Wednesday morning that the Canadian Embassy roof and second floor were damaged. Shouts could be heard in the streets in the early Port-au-Prince morning, but there were not reports of any buildings collapsing or injuries. People already in the streets, moved as far away from buildings as possible to avoid any new falli
A powerful aftershock sent Haitians screaming into the streets on Wednesday, collapsing buildings, cracking roads and adding to the trauma of a nation stunned by an apocalyptic quake eight days ago. The magnitude-5.9 jolt matched the strongest of the aftershocks that have followed the huge quake of Jan. 12 that devastated Haiti’s capital. The new temblor collapsed seven buildings in Petit-Goave, the seaside town closest to the epicenter, according to Mike Morton of the U.N. Disaster Assessment and Coordination agency, but there were no reports of people crushed or trapped, perhaps because the earlier quake frightened most people into sleeping outside.
