China News Service, August 15-According to Agence France-Presse, the Haitian government reported that the strong earthquake that occurred in the country on the 14th local time has caused 724 deaths.
On August 14, local time, in Les Cayes, Haiti, people gathered around the collapsed hotel.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Information Network, at 7:29 on the 14th local time, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurred in Nipps Province in western Haiti. The epicenter is about 150 kilometers away from the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, and the focal depth is about 10 kilometers.