Shallow aftershock reported west of Haiti capital
The epicentre of the new tremor at 7.57pm EST (0057 GMT on Wednesday) was 27 miles (44km) northwest of the coastal town of Jacmel, and was 6.2 miles (10km) deep.
A shallow 4.9 magnitude aftershock rattled western Haiti on Tuesday, two weeks after a killer 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, the US Geological Service said.The epicentre of the new tremor at 7.57pm EST (0057 GMT on Wednesday) was 27 miles (44km) northwest of the coastal town of Jacmel, and was 6.2 miles (10km) deep, the USGS said.