4.9 magnitude earthquake strikes Haiti leaving 3 dead, several others injured
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A 4.9 magnitude earthquake near the city of Jeremie, Haiti, has killed three people so far and injured several others. The people who died were found underneath a collapsed house.
"I thought the whole house was going to fall on top of me," Eric Mpitabakana, a World Food Program official in Jeremie, told The Associated Press by phone.
The three people who died were found under a collapsed house where rescuers were searching for more people, Frankel Maginaire with Haiti’s Civil Protection Agency in Jeremie told the AP.
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