A major earthquake struck western Haiti on Saturday and was felt across the Caribbean where people fled their homes for fear that buildings might collapse.

The 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck five miles from the town of Petit Trou de Nippes, about 7.5 miles west of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince.

The US Tsunami Warning System has not issued a tsunami warning after the quake but within hours the USGS estimated 'thousands of fatalities' and 'tens of thousands of injuries in poor mountainous communities'.

The quake, which was felt in Cuba and Jamaica, comes just over a month after Haiti's president, Jovenel Moïse, was murdered at his residence in Port-au-Prince.

The country is still recovering from a magnitude 7 earthquake closer to the capital 11 years ago that killed 250,000 people and flattened swathes of buildings, leaving many homeless.

'Everyone is really afraid. It's been years since such a big earthquake,' said Daniel Ross, a resident in the eastern Cuban city of Guantanamo, adding that his home stood firm but the furniture shook.

Port-au-Prince resident Naomi Verneus, 34, told the Associated Press she was jolted awake by the earthquake and that her bed was shaking.

She said: 'I woke up and didn't have time to put my shoes on. We lived the 2010 earthquake and all I could do was run.

'I later remembered my two kids and my mother were still inside. My neighbor went in and told them to get out. We ran to the street.'

Thousands are likely to have been killed

traihit:
May God comfort them

Why is it that most of the natural disasters so far recorded this year were not predicted? What's happening?

Righteousness2:
7.2. That's a real Huge one.

From Fires to Flood to Earthquakes etc. it has never been so clear that We are In the Biblical Endtimes..

Say whatever, but do not Let yourself deceive yourself.
The End of this age is at Hand.
JESUS Christ will appear one of these days.
Be ready, so as to avoid what will hit this Earth.

Prayers for the Haiti people.

Righteousness2:
7.2. That's a real Huge one.

From Fires to Flood to Earthquakes etc. it has never been so clear that We are In the Biblical Endtimes..

Say whatever, but do not Let yourself deceive yourself.
The End of this age is at Hand.
JESUS Christ will appear one of these days.
Be ready, so as to avoid what will hit this Earth.

Prayers for the Haiti people.

Righteousness2:
7.2. That's a real Huge one.

From Fires to Flood to Earthquakes etc. it has never been so clear that We are In the Biblical Endtimes..

Say whatever, but do not Let yourself deceive yourself.
The End of this age is at Hand.
JESUS Christ will appear one of these days.
Be ready, so as to avoid what will hit this Earth.

Prayers for the Haiti people.