On Monday, a small earthquake shook Haiti's capital, causing people in the capital to struggle out of buildings in fear. The tremor was known to have struck at 7.39 p.m. EST (6.09 a.m. Tuesday, IST).
Moreover, U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Susan Hoover said the quake had a magnitude of 3.5. The epicentre was 27 km northeast of Port-au-Prince and was relatively shallow at 10 km deep. In fact, the tremor caused panic among some residents of Port-au-Prince who remembered the 7.0-magnitude monster that struck the southern part of the country in 2010 and killed thousands of people.
According to government official there were no immediate reports of damage.
It was fortunate that the intensity of the quake was not that major one then it would have been more serious impact and threat on life of people.
(AW:Samrat Biswas)
