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Quake kills hundreds in Haiti, worsening Caribbean nation’s plight

Port-au-Prince/Havana | At least 304 people died and hundreds were injured after a major earthquake struck south-western Haiti on Saturday, reducing churches, hotels, schools and homes to rubble in the latest tragedy to hit the impoverished Caribbean nation.

The 7.2-magnitude quake, which was followed by a series of aftershocks, struck 8 kilometres from the town of Petit Trou de Nippes, about 150km west of the capital Port-au-Prince, at a depth of 10km, the United States Geological Survey said.

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