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“High losses are likely and the disaster is probably generalized”, according to the USGS.
Haiti’s civil protection told CNN there had been deaths and damage.
A tsunami threat has been issued for the region, the US Tsunami Warning System reported. Waves of up to 3 meters (about 10 feet) above tide level are possible along some of the country’s coastlines.
The earthquake occurred about 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) northeast of Saint-Louis-du-Sud and 13 kilometers deep, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
A magnitude of 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12, 2010, left between 220,000 and 300,000 dead and hundreds of thousands injured.
Haiti is in the cone of Tropical Storm Grace, and the storm could impact the region from Monday to Tuesday, CNN meteorologist Haley Brink said.
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