Local December 5, 2016 - 8:53 am

Magnitude 4.2 tremor shakes eastern towns

Santo Domingo.- A magnitude 4.2 tremor at8:44pm Sunday six kilometers west of Guaymate shook La Romana (east)and was feltslightly at El Seibo, officials said. No damages were reported.

The quake had a depth of 151.7 kilometers at 18.50north latitude and 69.07 west longitude, said the Santo Domingo State University(UASD) Seismology Institute.

The US Geological Survey reports that thequake was 4.5 degrees.

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