There are two earthquakes of 3.4 to 5.0 degrees in RD

The country was new time surprised with an earthquake of 5.0 degrees on the scale Ritchter felt by residents in Higu¨ey, San Pedro de Macoris, La Romana, Santo Domingo and other parts of the country, at 2: 28 in the morning yesterday, although there were no unfortunate facts. According to the Institute of Seismology of the University autonomous of Santo Domingo (UASD), its epicenter was located next to La Palmilla near Saona Island in the southern part of the province La Altagracia.

Prior to that tremor occurred another 3.4 scale Ritchter, at 11: 36 pm on Wednesday, which was felt with greater intensity in the Cibao, mainly in Mao, hope and cities nearby.

Eugenio Polanco, director of the seismological Institute, said that after the tremor of 5 degrees, which had a depth of 100 kilometers, there were no more aftershocks, contrary to what happened with the earthquake that hit the country on March 5th of this month, after which it u000aIt recorded more than one dozen aftershocks. Polanco urged risk management agencies to educate the population about the impact of this type of phenomenon and the appropriate way to avoid unfortunate damage. He said that although so far no reports of casualties or material damage as a result of the two terrestrial movements of the last 24 hours, in the event of a larger population is helpless by the lack of guidance and awareness of the measures taken and the consequences of an earthquake. He regretted that despite the fact that since the Government is has been instructed to risk management agencies to ensure that they fulfill their role as guidance, they fail to feel in their functions, but he appealed to the population not to be alarmed.

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