Prime Minister Ariel Henry had earlier announced in a news conference that the government had declared a state of emergency.
The state of emergency will be in the Western Department, Southern Department, Nippes, and Grand'Anse."There are a lot of people coming in -- a lot of people," an administrator at the Hopital Saint Antoine told CNN.The hospital has set up tents in its courtyard, the administrator said. "It hurts my heart for the kids, the mothers, the elderlies, the handicaps, my friends, and all the victims of this earthquake.
A tsunami threat that had been issued for the region had passed, according to the US Tsunami Warning System. The US Geological Survey said it's likely that casualties are "high" after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Haiti Saturday morningMr Henry, the Haitian Prime Minister, declared a state of emergency earlier Saturday and in the evening, arrived at Grand'Anse to assess the extent of the damage.