Tremor of 5.4 degrees causes panic in the country

A 5.4 earthquake on the scale Richter recorded on the afternoon of yesterday in the country, causing one injury and property damage in several communities in the region Norte, Gaspar Hernández, Río San Juan and Maria Trinidad Sánchez.

According to the Institute of Seismology of the University autonomous of Santo Domingo (UASD), the quake occurred at 4: 50 p.m., 13 kilometers deep under the sea, and the epicenter was registered about 18 kilometers north of San Juan River, at latitude 19.6 degrees North, longitude 70.1, West.

Center of emergency operations (COE) last night reported that major damage occurred in Gaspar Hernández and María Trinidad Sánchez, where reported cracking in at least 9 houses, three schools and a fire station

According to the assessments of Civil Defense in Gaspar Hernández were chapped Matilla Mejía and the leaf village schools, as well as five homes u000alocated in the town of Jobo above.

Other four houses was - ron fissured by the tremor in Rio San Juan, María Trinidad Sánchez province as well as a fire station. Meanwhile, Cabrera was affected the school Buenos Aires.

The director of the COE, general Juan Manuel Méndez García, said that the telluric movement felt more intensely in the provinces María Trinidad Sánchez, Salcedo, Santiago and mocha, without so far register people affected.

In Santiago and other provinces in the region many people abandoned despavoridas of work, shopping malls and schools, after feeling the tremor and panic. The desperate people stood from their seats and took to the streets or places who understand were of greater security.

Mocha reports give notice that the tremor was felt strong, causing many people leave running from their homes by fear to be affected.

This is the u000athird tremor of considerable magnitude that is recorded in the country this month. The first was the day 5 in Palmar de Ocoa, with magnitude of 5.2, while the second of 5 degrees occurred the day 22 in the region East.

A man injured in Rio SAN JUAN
after the tremor, a man was injured in Rio San Juan, María Trinidad Sánchez province, falling you over a glass inside a crowded.

Francely Martínez, 42-year-old owner of the business, was to remove bottles that were moving, slipped and fell over a Crystal, causing a wound in the arm, but it is out of danger.

Tremor also caused that children who were internal respiratory illness in the public hospital of San Juan River, were given high nerves had their mothers, and to take more space in an emergency. The United States Seismological Service reported that the quake would have been 5.1 u000adegrees.

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