PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Chivomezi champhamvu chinagunda dziko losauka la Haiti Lachiwiri masana, kumene chipatala chinagwa ndipo anthu anali kukuwa kuti awathandize. Nyumba zinanso zinawonongeka.
Chivomezicho chinali ndi kukula kwa 7.0 ndipo chinali pamtunda wa makilomita 14 kumadzulo kuchokera ku likulu la Port-au-Prince, malinga ndi US Geological Survey.
Wojambula kanema wa Associated Press adawona chipatala chomwe chidawonongeka pafupi ndi Petionville, ndipo mkulu wa boma la US adati adawona nyumba zomwe zidagwera mumtsinje.
Palibe zambiri pazomwe zawonongeka kapena zowonongeka zinapezeka nthawi yomweyo.
"Aliyense ali wothedwa nzeru komanso wogwedezeka," anatero Henry Bahn, wogwira ntchito ku dipatimenti ya zaulimi ku United States. "Kumwamba kuli mdima wandiweyani ndi fumbi."
Bahn adati akupita kuchipinda chake cha hotelo pomwe nthaka idayamba kugwedezeka.
Iye anati: “Ndinangogwiritsitsa ndi kudumpha khoma. Ndimangomva phokoso lalikulu komanso kukuwa komanso kukuwa chapatali.
Bahn adati pali miyala yomwe idamwazika paliponse ndipo adawona chigwa chomwe adamangidwa nyumba zingapo. Iye anati: “Ndangodzaza ndi makoma akugwa ndi zinyalala ndi waya wamingaminga.
