
WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - At least 10 people were killed after a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck near Haiti on Saturday night, according to Haiti's civil protection agency.
Another 135 people were injured and are currently receiving treatment in hospitals, the agency wrote on Twitter Sunday.
The USGS said the center of the quake was about 11 miles northwest of the city of Port-de-Paix. It was only 7.2 miles deep.
There was no tsunami warning in effect following the quake, which was felt across the country, the Haitian civil protection agency said.
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