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Port-au-Prince, Haiti Images |
According to official estimates, 222,570 people killed, 300,000 injured, 1.3
million displaced, 97,294 houses destroyed and 188,383 damaged in the Port-au-Prince
area and in much of southern Haiti. This includes at least 4 people killed by a local
tsunami in the Petit Paradis area near Leogane. Uplift was observed along the coast
from Leogane to L'Acul and subsidence was observed along the coast from Grand Trou
to Port Royal. Felt (VII) at Port-au-Prince and Petionville and (V) at Vieux Bourg
d'Aquin and Port-de-Paix. Felt (V) at La Vega, Moca and San Cristobal; (IV) at Puerto
Plata, Santiago, Santo Domingo and Sosua, Dominican Republic. Felt throughout Haiti
and the Dominican Republic. Felt (III) at Oranjestad, Aruba; (IV) at Santiago de Cuba
and (III) at Guantanamo, Cuba; (II) in the Kingston-Mona area, Jamaica; (III) at Cockburn
Harbour and (II) at Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos Islands; (II) at Caracas, Venezuela.
Felt in parts of The Bahamas, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands and as far as
southern Florida, northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela.
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