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There have been no reports of damage however authorities have advised residents to prepare to move to safety if needed.

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These plates, called tectonic plates, can push against each other. Earthquakes are most common along fault lines, which are fractures that allow the plates to move.

Two major earthquakes have struck Haiti within 11 years. More are inevitable, seismologists say, because the country sits between two tectonic plates.