Satellite images show aftermath of deadly Haiti earthquake. RELATED: Haiti earthquake death toll climbs to 1,297 amid threat of storm Saturday’s earthquake also left at least 5,700 people injured, with thousands more displaced from destroyed or damaged homes.
After sundown Sunday, Les Cayes was darkened by intermittent blackouts, and many people slept outside, clutching small transistor radios tuned to news, terrified of the continuing aftershocks.
The quake, centered about 125 kilometers (80 miles) west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, nearly razed some towns and triggered landslides that hampered rescue efforts in a country that is the poorest in the Western Hemisphere.