Panic gripped mocanos and santiaguenses during earthquakes

Panic returned to seize yesterday the inhabitants of Santiago, Espaillat and other provinces of the Cibao, then that at 10: 33 in the morning to feel another earthquake of 4.5 degrees, according to United States seismology, but 4.2 on the scale of Richter, according to the National Institute of seismology.

Many people to feel the movement lives they were desperate and frightened of its centres of work, studios, houses, buildings and other places where they were, and many, especially women and children, yelled from the scare. Also, at 5: 46 pm other people said they felt another slight earthquake in Santiago

The new earthquake movement recorded yesterday morning was felt in Santiago, Espaillat, La Vega, Puerto Plata and other cities in the North. Also several external patients and employees of the regional hospital José María Cabral y Baez Santiago, left the scene frightened to feel the movement. The Deputy Director u000anational civil defence in the North, Francisco Arias, said that the earthquakes are common, which is why asked people not alarmed, patience and not be caught in panic. He said that they maintain a programme of guidance and prevention, in order to educate the population to act with restraint and calm when register these tremors.

In Moca
in different ways the mocanos expressed fears after the earthquake that affected this municipality and subsequent replicas of the telluric movement.

Families residing in multi-storey buildings reported that it was impossible to sleep for fear of the movements, recognizing that these constructions dating back many years and that they do not represent guarantees anti-seismic.

Don Bosco of Moca, place where there are multi-storey buildings, assured that only shut a door and they preferred to sleep with clothes if they needed to get out; others went to homes u000afrom close relatives. The director of Civil Defense, Alejandro Sanchez, said the most notable feature is how people forgot the recommendations, and instead of protecting it took to the streets without any care.

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