Strong earthquake in Haiti of magnitude 5.3 leaves at least two dead

Two men were killed during a 5.3-magnitude earthquake that struck southwestern Haiti Monday morning, local authorities told AFP, after the phenomenon that was followed by several aftershocks.

In Anse-a-Veau, a small coastal town 130 kilometers west of the capital, Port-au-Prince, a man was killed when a wall collapsed. For its part, in Fond-des-Negres, 20 kilometers further south, the second death was caused by a landslide.

The Haitian Civil Protection Department did not release the ages of the victims.

The earthquake was registered at 08:16 local time (13:16 GMT) and was felt in the capital. It was followed by a dozen new tremors, including a magnitude 5.1 aftershock less than an hour later.

Last August, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake killed more than 2,200 people and destroyed or severely damaged tens of thousands of homes.

This Caribbean country is still recovering from the devastating 2010 earthquake that killed more than 200,000 people and left 300,000 injured.

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