The US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has put a tsunami warning out for Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and the Bahamas.
A powerful earthquake has hit off the coast of Haiti, the Caribbean nation of 10 million rocked by political violence and poverty.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said on its website that a magnitude 7.0 quake struck about 10 miles from the nation’s capital Port-au-Prince.
An Associated Press cameraman reported the collapse of a hospital, but there were no immediate casualty or damage reports.
The US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, according to its website, put a tsunami warning out for Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and the Bahamas. The warning was not in effect for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
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