At least 304 people have died after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday.
Prime Minister Ariel Henry said he was rushing aid to affected areas, where some towns were destroyed and hospitals were overwhelmed with wounded people.
The quake struck about 5 miles from the town of Petit Trou de Nippes, which is 93 miles west of the capital Port-au-Prince, at a depth of 6 miles, the USGS said. Tremors were felt across the Caribbean.
Forecasters noted that there is no tsunami threat to the U.S. East Coast, Gulf Coast, or the Caribbean islands at this time.
Initial images from the earthquake posted on social media by witnesses appear to show that several buildings collapsed in the region along with rubble in the streets.
Naomi Verneus, a 34-year-old resident of Port-au-Prince, said she was jolted awake by the earthquake and that her bed was shaking.
“I woke up and didn’t have time to put my shoes on. We lived the 2010 earthquake and all I could do was run. I later remembered my two kids and my mother were still inside. My neighbor went in and told them to get out. We ran to the street,” Verneus said.
Haiti is still recovering from a major earthquake that struck close to the capital 11 years ago that killed approximately 250,000, flattened swathes of buildings, and left about 1.5 million homeless.
No tsunami warnings were issued as the magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck just before 4 a.m. at a depth of 6 miles. Tremors were felt in Chignik, Cold Bay, Kodiak, and Bethel.
The closest place to the epicenter was Perryville, home to a little more than 100 people, about 85 miles northwest.
The USGS says that 75 percent of all earthquakes that happen in the United States with a magnitude over 5 occur in Alaska.
