Deadly earthquake Haiti rises to fifteen

port-au-prince - The death toll due to the earthquake in Haiti on Saturday (local time) has risen to fifteen. More than three hundred people were injured. This has been reported by the head of the civil protection service of the Caribbean country.

More than 7,000 houses have been damaged or destroyed in the northwest of the country. The epicenter of the earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 was in the sea about 20 kilometers northwest of the coastal town of Port de Paix.

The shock caused much panic in the north of the country and was one of the most severe since 2010, when Haiti was hit by an earthquake with a force of 7. 0. More than 200,000 people were killed in this quake. 2.1 million people were affected by the disaster in one way or another. Many Haitians still live in emergency shelter. The economic and political situation is tense. Extreme poverty and poorly developed infrastructure make the country particularly vulnerable to natural disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes.