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Local January 5, 2012 | 2:57 am

Quake rattles Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo.- A moderate tremor of 5.3 magnitude has rattled the entire Dominican Republic, at around 5:32am local time, whose epicenter was located 17 kilometers south-southeast of the city of San Jose de Ocoa, at a depth of 10 kilometers.

The tremor shook doors and windows for around 30 seconds, startling people to scurry out of bed.

Emergency Operations Center director Juan M.... Read more