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06-23-2009, 03:20 PM
An earthquake registering 3.5 on the Richter scale was felt in Santiago and other locations in the north of the Dominican Republic on Monday afternoon. The data analyst at the Seismological Institute at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), Felix Martinez said that the quake occurred at a depth of 22 kilometers and at 19.4 degrees North and 70.6 degrees West longitude.
The seismic movement was registered at 22:15 GMT (6:15 local) according to the Emergency Operations Committee (COE) and Civil Defense.
The regional director for both organizations, Francisco Arias, told El Nuevo Diario that there were no reports of injuries or other damage as a result of the earthquake.
This is the second small earthquake that has been felt in the area in less than a month.
According to Orlando Franco, a prominent Civil Engineer and student of Geology, these movements are part of an area of great seismic activity that surrounds a fault line located in the Septentrional Mountains (Northern) and which includes the provinces of Santiago, Puerto Plata, Valverde (Mao), Salcedo and Duarte.
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The seismic movement was registered at 22:15 GMT (6:15 local) according to the Emergency Operations Committee (COE) and Civil Defense.
The regional director for both organizations, Francisco Arias, told El Nuevo Diario that there were no reports of injuries or other damage as a result of the earthquake.
This is the second small earthquake that has been felt in the area in less than a month.
According to Orlando Franco, a prominent Civil Engineer and student of Geology, these movements are part of an area of great seismic activity that surrounds a fault line located in the Septentrional Mountains (Northern) and which includes the provinces of Santiago, Puerto Plata, Valverde (Mao), Salcedo and Duarte.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)