Photos: Scenes From The Haiti Earthquake

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WNYC | Aug 16, 2021
Updated August 16, 2021 at 3:32 PM ET

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the coast off of Haiti on Saturday morning. The strength of that earthquake compares to the one that devastated the nation in 2010 that killed more than 200,000 people and demolished much of the capital.

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