![]() Patients at a hospital near Haiti's airport in the capital Port-au-Prince immediately started praying as the ground shook like a ship rocking back and forth. Wednesday's aftershock was centered about 35 miles (60 kilometers) west-southwest of Port-au-Prince, and about 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) deep, according to the USGS. "The real challenge now is following through and having a series of successful distributions going on all over the country, and that's a challenge for a lot of reasons." "There's big success in getting things into the port," said Steve Hollingworth, chief operating officer of CARE. officials said the effort has begun to make progress. Meanwhile, complaints about bottlenecks that have hindered the delivery of food, water and medicine to survivors persisted even as U.S. Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) - Rescuers were still finding survivors trapped in the ruins of collapsed buildings in earthquake-ravaged Haiti on Wednesday, and relief officials said efforts to get aid into the hands of survivors were improving.Ī magnitude 5.9 aftershock rattled Port-au-Prince early Wednesday, the strongest since the original 7.0-magnitude quake struck January 12, the United States Geological Survey reported. Hospital ship arrives, takes first patients Death toll estimates range from 75,000 to 200,000.Aftershock rattles Haitians it's strongest one since last week's quake. ![]() military plans to send 4,000 additional U.S. ![]()
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