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/ AFP, PORT-AU-PRINCERescue workers were scrambling to find survivors after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Haiti, killing at least 304 and toppling buildings in the Caribbean nation still recovering from a devastating 2010 quake.
Rescue workers were scrambling to find survivors after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Haiti, killing at least 304 and toppling buildings in the Caribbean nation still recovering from a devastating 2010 quake.
The epicenter of the quake, which rattled homes and sent terrified locals fleeing for safety on Saturday morning, was about 160km by road west of the center of the densely populated capital, Port-au-Prince.
Churches, businesses, schools and homes crumbled in the quake that trapped hundreds of people under rubble and left at least 1,800 people injured, the Haitian Civil Protection Agency said.
Rescuers raced against the clock to find survivors, with
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