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| Powerful quake off Haitian coast | Powerful quake off Haitian coast |
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| Haiti, the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas are on tsunami watch after a powerful, magnitude 7.3 earthquake was registered off the Haitian coast. | |
| The impoverished state, which has been plagued by natural disasters, shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic. | The impoverished state, which has been plagued by natural disasters, shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic. |
| There were no confirmed reports of damage or casualties in Haiti. | |
| But witnesses in the capital Port-au-Prince spoke of feeling the shock and one report said a hospital was damaged. | |
| "A destructive widespread tsunami threat does not exist based on historical earthquake and tsunami data," the US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. | |
| "However, there is the possibility of a local tsunami that could affect coasts located usually no more than a 100km [60 miles] from the earthquake epicentre." | |
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