ALERT: Three earthquakes in less than 8 hours in Kerman RD
ALERT: Three earthquakes in less than 8 hours
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3.7 DEGREES EARTHQUAKE IS FELT IN THE EAST, THE THIRD IN 8 HOURS IN RD
EDITORIAL in eight hours, as reported by the Seismological Institute of the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo.
So far neither the defense nor the Civil and Emergency Operations Center reported damage or casualties. Monday night was felt throughout the North and the capital of another earthquake of scale 4.6, while at 4:52 the other of 2.9 occurred 130 km from La Romana.
The seismological institute said the quake had its epicenter 94.8 kilometers deep, located 26 kilometers from Monte Plata, 32, Hato Mayor, 33, San Pedro de Macoris and Santo Domingo 49.
This Sunday, one of 4.6 degrees caused panic in the North and 4:52 am on Monday another of 2.9 occurred 130 km from La Romana.
trembled with 4.6 degrees AFFECT REGION NORTH FEEL IN THE CAPITAL
Z101 Writing La Vega and elsewhere, according to reports from residents throughout the area
The Seismological Institute of the United States placed the epicenter of the quake between Puerto Plata and Santiago, exactly at 19.7 degrees north and 70.9 degrees west, with a depth of 10 kilometers and 17 kilometers northwest of the community of Hope.
Many people in Puerto Plata, Santiago and other affected provinces took to the streets when you feel the tremor was also felt in Santo Domingo, though with less intensity, reported as inhabitants of the Eixample Piantini, Naco and other sectors of the center of the capital.
In the Caribbean region, the earth shook also yesterday in Cuba, where an earthquake measuring 5.7 jolted the entire eastern part of the largest of the Antilles, causing some damage but no casualties.
In Haiti, a low intensity earthquake was felt yesterday in the northern part by collapsing a building of 4 floors in the city of Cap Haitien, the second largest in the neighboring country, killing two people.
Haitien was not affected by the earthquake that devastated Haiti 7.3 degrees on January 12, killing over 250,000 people.
AGENCIES United States (USGS). The quake, "the highest recorded in our country this year,'''was felt''in the provinces of" Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo, Granma and Holguin, and associated with it were several smaller aftershocks magnitude, three of them''of between 3 and 4.8 degrees''said a note by the DC, read in the local television news.
"No reported loss of life and continues to evaluate possible damage,''said the journalist texto.Un Guantanamo (far east) said by telephone to AFP that frightened residents had taken to the streets during the shock which lasted, he said, a little less than a minute but was followed by smaller aftershocks.
The note said that "as of January 12 has been experiencing an increase in activity in areas surrounding sismogeneradoras''to Cuba,''''mostly along the southeastern region of the island, ''which is followed closely by specialists from the National Center for Seismological Research.
"This increase is related to the occurrence of the massive earthquake reported in Haiti, high-energy event, with an epicenter close to our areas origin of earthquakes and, as happens in these cases alter the seismic regime in the region,''he said. HAITI
Two people were killed Sunday in Cap Haitien, the collapsed four-story building during a slight earthquake that hit that area of \u200b\u200bthe Republic of Haiti, trimmers, an earthquake measuring 7.3 degrees on the 12th of last January , which killed more than 250 thousand people.
Reports from Cap Haitien indicate that five people were atratapadas under the rubble of collapsed building product earthquake, but three were saved by relief agencies.
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