Second earthquake strikes Haiti
Posted Jan 20, 2010 04:29:00 AM.
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A second earthquake has struck Haiti, just over one week after a powerful 7.0 magnitude quake devastated the country, killing hundreds of thousands and causing wide-spread destruction.
The U.S Geological Survey says the preliminary 6.0 magnitude quake hit at 6:03 a.m. (1103 GMT) Wednesday about 56 kilometres northwest of Port-au-Prince.
The tremblor shook buildings and sent people running into the streets.
The pacific tsunami warning centre said the earthquake was located too far inland to generate any tidal waves in the Caribbean.
Meantime, two more Canadians, both from Quebec, have reportedly been found dead in Haiti.
31-year-old Alexandra Duguay had been in Port-au-Prince for the past year, working as a communications officer with the UN. Ottawa has yet to confirm reports that her co-worker, Renee Carrier was also killed.
The deaths raise the number of known Canadian fatalities to 14.
Ottawa says the number of missing Canadians has been lowered to 655.
