Destructive earthquakes off coast of Alaska and Haiti: already hundreds of dead

The earthquake of magnitude 7.0 was recorded off the coast of the American state of Alaska. Another powerful earthquake – magnitude 7.2 occurred in the Haiti area.

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismic Center (ESMC), the earthquake near the coast of Alaska to the southeast of the small settlement of Perryville was recorded at 11:57. The hearth was at a depth of 21 km.

Also an earthquake of magnitude 7.2 occurred in the Haiti area today at 12:29. According to ESMC, the epicenter was at a depth 10 km 40 km from the LEK commune in the south of the country.

In Haiti, the number of earthquake victims increased to 227. This was reported by the Office of Civil Protection of the Republic.