New quake registered a magnitude of 4.7 points in 20 kilometers from the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. The shock occurred at a depth of more than 6 kilometers. Reports of casualties or damage have been reported yet. Groundwater fluctuations recorded U.S. Geological Survey.

As the channel “Vesti” , meanwhile, President of Haiti, Rene Preval, said that the number of victims of the earthquake on January 12 could reach 300 thousand people . “You”ve seen pictures, you know the nue66mbers – more than 200 thousand have been discovered on the streets. In view of the still under the rubble, we can reach a figure of 300 thousand dead,” – he said.

devastating earthquake, which has become one of the worst in human history occurred in Haiti on Jan. 12 to 16 hours and 53 minutes of local time. Its center was located 15 kilometers south-west of Port-au-Prince at a depth of 10 kilometers below the seabed. Subsequently, Haiti shocked the two tremors with magnitude 5,9 and 5,5.