Strong earthquake woke up throughout the country

Wings 5: 35 a.m. yesterday the alarm an earthquake woke up almost to the whole country, which caused a collective panic, although even there have been no fatalities or damage of major dimensions.

Many were scared to the streets in nightwear for strong movements in their homes, especially in buildings of various levels.

Quake recorded magnitude 5.2 degrees on the Richter scale, according to the Institute of Seismology of the University autonomous of Santo Domingo (UASD).

Its epicenter occurred in Ocoa Palmar and took a latitude in the northern part of 18 and a length of 70.4, 55 km from Santo Domingo and Barahona 75. The depth was 18 kilometers.

The shock was felt throughout the country. It caused cracks in Ocoa and Azua, buildings especially in hospital and educational centers. The University seismology Institute and the center of emergency operations (COE) u000aHe has been informing the population of the evolution of the situation.

Replica
at 10: 30 in the evening the UASD seismological Institute reported that it had registered 35 replicas, whose magnitudes were analyzed to be informed today. One of the strongest aftershocks occurred at 6: 04 pm in San José de Ocoa, with a magnitude of 4.1 on the Richter scale without any new damage.

panic
En Los Guandules, populous area of the capital, located just below the bridge Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, dozens of people came running from their homes to feel shudders caused by the earthquake event.

Ramona Amparo and Eduardo Sánchez, residents in the neighborhood, can be illustrated with examples the minutes after the quake, and fears caused by face up to an event and have no clue what to do.

"I felt stiff." The House jamaqueaba (moved) and u000a"when it stopped I left pa' out", said Amparo. But the experiences of Sánchez were a bit more frightening.

Is and the young lives just below from the structure, "of those scary", which he left without speaking. "The bridge is remeneó, moved and all here below listen." "What I did was to run away and then I met all the neighbors outside," said Sánchez.

The community gathered at a point away from the structure and minutes later, when everything was calm, everyone returned to their homes, according to reported.

There were reports of panic from all points of the country and many neighborhoods of Santo Domingo.

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Indrhi says that of the country's dams were not affected by earthquake
the director of the National Institute of water resources (Indrhi), Frank Rodriguez, reported that of the country's dams have not submitted any u000aproblem because of the earthquake registered yesterday.

The officer stated that in the first preliminary evaluation conducted not detected no fissure, landslide or debris on the walls of the dam.

The engineer RODRIGUEZ said that as soon as they produced the earthquake provided the Indrhi technicians begin the work of evaluation of instrumentation of the prey.

Pointed out that they took all the precautions necessary to avoid any difficulty with the infrastructures of the dams in the country, as well as report any damage which put at risk the security of the population downstream.

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EN EL CIBAO LA people CORRIÓ ASUSTADA
5.2
the earthquake of 5.2 degrees was felt yesterday in the country caused panic in Santiago, where many people were afraid of their homes. However, Civil Defense and the center of emergency operations (EOC) reported that the telluric movement not u000ait caused extensive material damage or victims.

Earthquake surprised many santiagueros when still slept, who frightened abandoned their homes. Others, however, claim that they felt, but they preferred to stay calm.

"I was raising the bed when I felt that everything I fell over." "I called neighbors, but I heard that they were rowdy and immediately reacted to determine it was an earthquake," said the Professor Elizabeth Peralta.

The tremor was also felt in Valverde, Monte Cristi, Dajabón, Espaillat, Puerto Plata and other provinces of the Cibao.

Seismology called to be on alert
the director of the Institute of Seismology of the University autonomous of Santo Domingo (UASD), Eugenio Polanco, called on the population to keep aware of the reports offered by that body and the center of emergency operations on tremor than ocurrrió yesterday.

u000a"then that is a fact as described, there are other moderates in the same failure", explained after clarifying that on this occasion one can speak of tsunami, both because of the magnitude of the quake, and because the epicenter occurred on the ground. And added that this phenomenon occurs in fractions of seconds as soon there is trembling.

Polanco assessed as positive that there have been damage of great significance.

The COE reports damage in twelve buildings in the SU R
Center of emergency operations (EOC) reported that at least 12 buildings were cracked and detachment of empañete due to the tremor yesterday.

Also produced mudslides of rocks that incomunicaron for a time the community El Pinar Azua and the other in the Sánchez road, on the stretch of the number.

El general Juan Manuel Mendez, director of the COE, said that evaluations carried out in the various provinces of the country for u000ato determine the extent of the damage.

Expressed that preliminary reports were made by a Committee of the agency headed by its Chief of operations, Edwin Olivares, who moved to the San José de Ocoa and Azua provinces, and reported that everything was under control.

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