It never rains but it pours, it would seem. It’s always said that lightning cannot strike twice in the same place, but with earthquakes the opposite is true, with fault-lines and aftershocks meaning second quakes soon after the first are unavoidable.
A week after a massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the Caribbean country of Haiti, a second, smaller aftershock has hit. There isn’t as much damage or any many casualties, but it’s certainly the last thing this already-crippled country needs.
This video shows the Russia Today report of the second Haiti earthquake, which happened at 6am local time. As the reporter in Haiti explains, the aftershock had people running from the homes for fear of being crushed like so many last week.
The relief effort is now, thankfully, fully operational, although it’s taking too long for food and medical supplies to get through the inevitable bottleneck.
