Earthquakes shake Central American countries
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Pastor Dale Morgan
Mar 27, 2010, 1:40:40 AM3/27/10
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Earthquakes shake Central American countries
English.news.cn 2010-03-26 10:24:17
MEXICO CITY, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Three feeble earthquakes shook the Dominican Republic and Guatemala Wednesday, causing panic, the two countries' Emergency Operation Center and Institute of Seismology reported.
Two earthquakes with magnitudes of 3.1 and 3.2 shook the Dominican Republic, the first occurring at 1:16 a.m. local time (0516 GMT) in the province that borders Haiti, the Emergency Operation Center of the Dominican capital Santo Domingo said.
A tremor was also felt in Haiti's northeastern town of Fort Liberte.
The 3.2-magnitude quake shook the Dominican Republic's city of El Seibo, 150 km east of the capital at 5:33 a.m. local time (0933 GMT).
Several small aftershocks occurred in the following 48 hours.
Meanwhile, a 4.7-magnitude quake jolted a great part of Guatemala at 11:08 a.m. local time (1708 GMT), but no deaths nor damages were reported, the Guatemalan National Institute of Seismology reported.
According to information reaching here from Guatemala City, the epicenter was located 133 km southwest of the capital, and a tremor could be felt on the southern coast, the central plateau, and in many parts of the east.
Earthquakes shake Central American countries
English.news.cn 2010-03-26 10:24:17
MEXICO CITY, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Three feeble earthquakes shook the Dominican Republic and Guatemala Wednesday, causing panic, the two countries' Emergency Operation Center and Institute of Seismology reported.
Two earthquakes with magnitudes of 3.1 and 3.2 shook the Dominican Republic, the first occurring at 1:16 a.m. local time (0516 GMT) in the province that borders Haiti, the Emergency Operation Center of the Dominican capital Santo Domingo said.
A tremor was also felt in Haiti's northeastern town of Fort Liberte.
The 3.2-magnitude quake shook the Dominican Republic's city of El Seibo, 150 km east of the capital at 5:33 a.m. local time (0933 GMT).
Several small aftershocks occurred in the following 48 hours.
Meanwhile, a 4.7-magnitude quake jolted a great part of Guatemala at 11:08 a.m. local time (1708 GMT), but no deaths nor damages were reported, the Guatemalan National Institute of Seismology reported.
According to information reaching here from Guatemala City, the epicenter was located 133 km southwest of the capital, and a tremor could be felt on the southern coast, the central plateau, and in many parts of the east.
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