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There were six aftershocks — the worst two were 5.9 and 5.2 magnitude — that followed in the last hour, and more were expected, according to David Wald, a seismologist with the survey.“The main issue here will probably be shaking,” Mr. Wald said, “and this is an area that is particularly vulnerable in terms of construction practice, and with a high population density. There could be a high number of casualties.”The city has about 2 million people, according to National Geographic.According to several news reports, a large hospital in the capital had collapsed, and people were screaming in streets full of rubble.“Everybody is just totally, totally freaked out and shaken,” Henry Bahn, a U.S. Department of Agriculture official visiting Haiti, told The Associated Press. “They sky is just gray with dust.”
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