# Magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti #haitiearthquake

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By Shayne Heffernan · 2021-08-14
Tags: Headline News, earthquake, Haiti, Featured, haitiearthquake
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At least 29 people have died following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti. The death toll is a provisional figure and will likely rise, as buildings in several towns were leveled.

> The magnitude 7.2  [#earthquake](https://twitter.com/hashtag/earthquake?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) that has hit [#Haiti](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Haiti?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) has been devastating. Many casualties are feared. Our ACT Haiti Forum is receiving distressing images. Warning: images can be upsetting. [#haitiearthquake](https://twitter.com/hashtag/haitiearthquake?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/z6HTGJIfif](https://t.co/z6HTGJIfif)
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> — ACT Alliance (@ACTAlliance)
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> August 14, 2021

Haitian civil protection official Jerry Chandler announced the death toll in a press conference on Saturday, hours after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake shook the island nation’s southern peninsula. 

> According to Hervil Cherubin who leads [@Heifer](https://twitter.com/Heifer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) in [#Haiti](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Haiti?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) a lot of people left their homes to avoid injury but some were still eating inside, at church & school. Team is now concerned about aftershocks [#haitiearthquake](https://twitter.com/hashtag/haitiearthquake?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) (photo: Jose Flécher) [pic.twitter.com/nik9xL2RgQ](https://t.co/nik9xL2RgQ)
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> — Pierre Ferrari (@HeiferCEO)
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> August 14, 2021

*"There are deaths I confirm but I do not yet have the precise balance sheet,”* Chandler told reporters.

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