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Local January 19, 2012 | 4:21 am

Two moderate quakes shake Dominican Republic.

Santo Domingo- Two earthquakes were felt in the Dominican Republic in the last few hours, one with a magnitude 5.0 and the other 3.0, according to the US Geodetic Survey.

The epicenter of the 5.0 tremor -which the State Univerity UASD Seismology Institute rated at 4.8, was located in the Mona Passage and south of Saona Island, around 47 kilometers from La Romana, but felt in the entire e... Read more