By JONATHAN M. KATZ, Associated Press Writer Jonathan M. Katz, Associated Press Writer
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The largest earthquake ever recorded in the area shook
Haiti
on Tuesday, collapsing a hospital where people screamed for help. Other
buildings also were damaged and scientists said they expected
"substantial damage and casualties."
With
communications disrupted there were no reports of deaths or injuries
soon after the quake, as powerful aftershocks shook the country.
The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 and was centered about 10 miles (15 kilometers) west of the capital of
Port-au-Prince,
the U.S. Geological Survey said. It had a depth of 5 miles (8
kilometers). It was the largest quake recorded in the area, said USGS
analyst Dale Grant, and the last major one since a magnitude-6.7
temblor in 1984.
An Associated Press videographer saw the wrecked hospital in
Petionville, a hillside Port-au-Prince district that is home to many diplomats and wealthy
Haitians. Elsewhere, a U.S. government official reported seeing houses that had tumbled into a ravine.
AP – Map locates a strong earthquake that struck Haiti Tuesday
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