Earthquakes Hit Dominican
Republic, No Damage Reported
SANTO DOMINGO - The Dominican Republic was
rocked on Monday by two small earthquakes in
about two hours, without report of damage or
victims.
The first earthquake measuring 3.2 on the
Richter scale occurred at 2:13 a.m. local
time (0613 GMT) in the eastern area of the
country with a depth of 59.6 km.
The tremor was also felt in Santo Domingo
and Barahona, as well as in Port au Prince,
Haiti's capital, and in the southeast of
Miami, the United States.
The second earthquake with magnitude of 3.1
occurred at 4:14 a.m. local time (0814 GMT)
in the eastern La Romana and Higuey cities
with a depth of 112.9 km.
Last week, at least 14 earthquakes were
recorded in different parts of the Dominican
Republic without reports of damage or
victims.
In addition, a 4.3-magnitude earthquake
shocked the central Ecuadorian city of Banos
de Agua Santa at 9:03 p.m. on Sunday (0203
GMT on Monday), some 114 km south of Quito.
According to the Ecuadorian Geophysics
Institute of the National Polytechnics
School, the earthquake was also felt in
nearby Tungurahua Volcano whose activity is
considered of low intensity. |
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