Haiti Aftershock

The Frightening New Aftershock Forced More Earthquake Survivors Onto The Capital's Streets

After the major earthquake, Haiti was struck by a powerful aftershocks, shaking already damaged buildings and sending people fleeing into the streets in Port-au-Prince The 6.1 earthquake was the largest aftershock since last week's 7.0 temblor. The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake was centered about 35 miles northwest of the capital.

 to live and sent others fleeing to the countryside, where aid was only beginning to reach wrecked towns.

A flotilla of rescue vessels, meanwhile, led by the U.S. hospital ship Comfort, converged on Port-au-Prince harbor to help fill gaps in still-lagging global efforts to deliver water, food and medical help. Hundreds of thousands of survivors of Haiti's cataclysmic earthquake were living in makeshift tents or on blankets and plastic sheets under the tropical sun.

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