A earthquake of magnitude 4.2 was recorded early this Wednesday in an area of the province Montecristi and was felt in several communities of the Northwest Line of the country.
According to the report of the National Center of Seismologythe tremor had its epicenter 11.7 kilometers east/southeast of Guayubín, Montecristi. It was reported felt by the entity.
In this regard, the geologist Osiris de Leon stated that the earthquake It was felt and reported in the communities of the Northwest Linemainly from Mao, Esperanza and Navarrete, to Montecristi and Dajabón.
He added that there is nothing that fearsince the earthquake It happened in a failure inside.
At least nine replicas
After the earthquakeabout nine have been recorded replicas of minor magnitude in the same area.
The replicas occurred in the following hours and magnitudes.
- 12:07 AM: magnitude 3.0 with epicenter 12.6 kilometers east / southeast of Guayubín, Montecristi.
- 12:12 AM: magnitude 3.1 with epicenter 17.4 kilometers east / southeast of Guayubín, Montecristi.
- 12:15 AM: magnitude 2.8 with epicenter 16.5 kilometers east / southeast of Guayubín, Montecristi.
- 12:20 AM: magnitude 2.8 with epicenter 15.8 kilometers east / southeast of Guayubín, Montecristi.
- 12:28 AM: magnitude 2.6 with epicenter 17.3 kilometers east / southeast of Guayubín, Montecristi.
- 12:33 AM: magnitude 3.2 with epicenter 13 kilometers east of Guayubín, Montecristi.
- 12:45 AM: magnitude 2.5 with epicenter 18.4 kilometers southeast of Guayubín, Montecristi.
- 1:20 AM: magnitude 3.1 with epicenter 12.1 kilometers east/southeast of Guayubín, Montecristi.
- 5:20 AM: magnitude 2.5 with epicenter 11.8 kilometers east/southeast of Guayubín, Montecristi.
