A magnitude 7.2 earthquake shakes Haiti, killing at least 29 people and injuring dozens more


- Hurricane forecast for Monday

- A 2010 earthquake in Haiti killed three million people

PORT OR PRINCE: A magnitude 7.5 earthquake shook the east coast of Haiti on Saturday. Its epicenter was reported 12 kilometers northeast of St. Louis du Sud, according to the US Geological Survey. Haiti's new prime minister, Ariel Henry, said the quake had killed at least six people and caused extensive damage in various parts of the country.

He said his government would use the last of its resources to help earthquake victims. Haitians handle themselves in this situation. Even in the capital, people felt the tremors and ran out of their homes in fear.

People in the capital, Port-au-Prince, were shocked and rushed to the streets in fear. She woke up in the morning from the earthquake and saw her bed moving. I woke up immediately and didn’t even put on my shoes and ran outside. We saw the 2010 earthquake.

I later remembered that my two children and my mother were still inside. My neighbor went inside and brought them out and we ran into the streets. Dozens of people were killed in a magnitude 7.5 earthquake in Haiti in 2015.

A previous earthquake in 2010 killed at least three million people when a magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook the region and killed at least three people.

The National Hurricane Center predicts that a hurricane could hit it on Monday night or Tuesday morning. Barely a month after the assassination of the President, this new crisis has made the situation worse for Haitians.

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