Via AlterPress.org: Haiti-Earthquake / North-West: The toll of victims rises to 12 dead and more than 180 injured. Excerpt from the Google translation:
The magnitude 5.9 earthquake on the Richter scale recorded on the island of Haiti on the evening of Saturday, October 6, 2018 , made at least 12 dead and 188 wounded, according to a second partial report communicated to AlterPresse at mid-day by the Directorate of Civil Protection.
The epicenter of this new earthquake was located 15.3 kilometers offshore in the Turtle Channel, about 20 kilometers west-northwest of Port-de-Paix, North West Department, indicates the Technical Unit of Seismology. Three aftershocks have since been felt at the level of this department.
Eight deaths were recorded in Port-de-Paix, one in Saint-Louis North (North-West) and three in Gros Morne (Artibonite, North), specifies the civil protection.
At least 188 people were injured, and 151 of them are taken care of in hospitals in the departments of North West, Artibonite and North, the source said.
A delegation led by the head of state, Jovenel Moïse, accompanied by Prime Minister Jean Henry Céant and several ministers, including those of the Interior and Local Authorities; Public Health and Population and Public Works, Transport and Communications, went to the North West Department to inquire about the state of the situation.
The October 6th earthquake in northern Haiti destroyed or damaged dozens of homes.
The earthquake caused the fall of the front of the central police station of Port-de-Paix, which did not make a victim among the occupants. The rest of the building did not suffer visible damage, reads the report.
The police officers who were in the building at the time of the earthquake are safe, confirms the police.
No major damage has so far been reported with regard to road, port, airport, health, education, sports and telecommunication infrastructures, with the exception of a cultural center that collapsed in Gros-Morne, in the Artibonite.
The office of the departmental delegation of Artibonite is strongly affected by the passage of the earthquake. The Gros Morne National High School also suffered some damage.
The evaluations of the building will continue this Sunday, ensures the civil protection.
