President Luis Abinader of neighboring Dominican Republic gave instructions to the Foreign Minister to call the Haitian counterpart to 'facilitate any help within our possibilities,' he tweeted.Ĭolombia is following the events and is willing to provide help in debris removal and rescue operations, Vice President and Foreign Minister Marta Lucía Ramírez said. 'Panama sends solidarity and help to the Haitian people,' the Foreign Ministry of Panama announced on Twitter, adding that they are also getting ready to send humanitarian aid. President of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has ordered the National Coordination of Civil Protection and other ministries like Foreign Affairs, Navy, and Defense to prepare help 'immediately,' he said in a tweet. Several Latin American countries are preparing to send humanitarian aid to Haiti.Ĭhilean President Sebastian Piñera said in a post on Twitter that they contacted Haitian authorities and are currently preparing to send humanitarian aid, saying the country 'undoubtedly needs with desperation and urgency,' People watch an earthquake victim be placed into a vehicle in Les Cayes, Haiti, on August 14. 'The hospitals continue to receive injured people.' It measured 6. 'The first interventions, carried out by both professional rescuers and members of the population, have helped remove many people from under the rubble,' the civil protection service said on Twitter. The Great Hanshin Earthquake occurred on January 17, 1995, at 05:46:53 JST (January 16 at 20:46:53 UTC) in the southern part of Hygo Prefecture, Japan, including the region known as Hanshin. 'For the people who need urgent special care, we have evacuated a certain number of them, and we will evacuate some more today and tomorrow.'Īt least 1,800 people were injured, according to the Haiti's civil protection service. 'We have sent more personnel to help out,' he said. We have started to send medications and medical personnel to the facilities that are affected,' Henry said.

'When it comes to medical needs, this is our biggest urgency. The state of emergency will be in the Western Department, Southern Department, Nippes, and Grand'Anse. The Haitian government has declared a state of emergency after at least 304 people died in a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Saturday morning, the country's Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced during a press conference. A man uses a sledgehammer in an attempt to rescue people from the rubble of a home destroyed following a 7.2 earthquake, in Les Cayes, Haiti, on August 14.