Tag: Haiti earthquake

• Monday, August 16th 2021 - 08:02 UTC

  Death toll from Haiti earthquake reaches 1,297 by Sunday evening

  

  Authorities in charge of the relief efforts after Saturday's earthquake in Haiti Sunday announced the death toll had reached 1,297 and counting. After the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in the Richter scale that struck the southwest of the country, there were five aftershocks, including one of magnitude 5.2 17 kilometers from the town of Chantal, also with an epicenter 10 kilometers deep.

• Monday, August 16th 2021 - 05:56 UTC

  PAHO Emergency medical teams expected at earthquake bashed Haiti

  

  A team of experts from the Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO) office in Port au Prince has been deployed to evaluate damage and coordinate an appropriate health response following the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that shook Haiti on the morning of Saturday August 14.

• Monday, January 14th 2013 - 03:53 UTC

  “Where is the reconstruction money?” asks Haiti on third anniversary of devastating quake

  

  Three years after a massive earthquake ravaged Haiti, President Michel Martelly said on Saturday his country was slowly rebuilding, despite the ongoing day-to-day misery of many survivors and the still to be honoured promises of international aid and donations.