Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Another earthquake from March 1

The national palace
after the January 10 earthquake
Haiti shook at about 4 o'clock in the morning on March 1, just about two days following the National Carnival in Jacmel, and about five days before the Port-au-Prince carnival. And there can be more aftershocks in the coming months, according to earthquake specialists in Haiti.

On the morning, as the sun was slow to rise, hundreds of people fled from their houses in various areas in Haiti. In Cape-Haitian (North), Port-au-Prince (West) and Jacmel (South-east). The problem was that another earthquake came over and woke everyone up. This weaker earthquake didn't cut the telecommunication down. 

A victim trying to recover
from the January 2010 earthquake
According to information from Haitian Press, the recent earthquake was 4.3 on Richter scale. It was less dangerous than the January 2010 earthquake. It killed nobody. But it gives birth to fear and anxiety in the communities.

On March 2, people in Fontamara (South of Port-au-Prince) felt an earthquake, and they all got out their houses. No fatalities. 

People still get in mind the January 2010 earthquake that killed more than 230,000 people and get more than a million homeless. As thousands are still in tents, another earthquake came. People begin praying again, asking God why all these things happen to our poor country. 


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