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An estimated 2,000 people fell victim to a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked Nepal on Saturday. Nepal has declared a “state of emergency” after a massive earthquake hit just 80 km northwest of it’s capital city Kathmandu.
Animated map showing the epicenter of the earthquake that hit Nepal late Friday. At least 56 people were killed when the quake hit the far west of the Himalayan country, according to officials. The tremor was measured by the US Geological Survey at just 18 kilometres (11 miles) deep. IMAGES
Port-au-Prince, Aug 15 (EFE).- Haitian authorities on Sunday raised to 1,297 the death toll in the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck the country on the weekend.Civil Protection reported that 1,054 people are known to have died in the Sud Department, another 122 in Nippes and 119 in Grand'Anse, all of these provinces on the country's slender southwestern peninsula, while another two people lost their lives in northwest Haiti.Meanwhile, the Venezuelan government on Sunday sent the beleaguered nation 30 tons of supplies, including food, medicine and potable water, to help the general populace after the powerful Saturday quake that injured at least 2,800 people. (Camera: MARÍA MONTECELOS).SHOT LIST: HUMANITARIAN AID ARRIVE IN PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI.
Port-au-Prince, Aug 14 (EFE).- The number of confirmed deaths following Saturday's magnitude-7.2 earthquake in southwestern Haiti has increased to 304, the country's Civil Protection agency said.Another 1,800 people were hurt and hospitals in the affected areas are being overwhelmed, the agency said.(Camera: RALPH TEDY EROL / DUPLES PLYMOUTH)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF LOS CAYOS, HAITI, EPICENTER OF THE EARTHQUAKE.
Mamuju, Jan 16 (EFE/EPA).- The death toll from a shallow magnitude-6.2 earthquake on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has risen to 42, with hundreds injured, the country's disaster management agency said Saturday, as aftershocks continued amid rescue efforts.Around 190 people were seriously injured and 34 died in Mamuju regency, while another eight people died and 637 were injured in Majene regency, both in West Sulawesi province, according to the latest report by the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB). (Camera: STRINGER).SHOT LIST: A COLLAPSED BUILDING AND PEOPLE REST INSIDE A MAKESHIFT SHELTER IN THE AFTERMATH OF AN EARTHQUAKE IN MAMUJU, WEST SULAWESI, INDONESIA.
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