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A magnitude 7 earthquake hit Haiti, which is still recovering from a devastating quake in 2010. Heavy damage was reported in at least two cities.

Saturday, August 14, 2021 10:36 AM EST

The United States Geological Survey said the quake struck five miles from the town of Petit Trou de Nippes in the western part of the country, about 80 miles west of Port-au-Prince. Seismologists said it had a depth of seven miles. It was felt as far away as Jamaica, 200 miles away.

The quake could hardly have come at a worse time for the nation of 11 million, which has been in the throes of a political crisis since President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated on July 7.

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