An earthquake registering 7.0 on the Richter scale, with the epicenter located 15kms south of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, was felt at 5:54pm DR time in the southern, southwestern, central and northern parts of the Dominican Republic yesterday. It was preceded by a 5.9 earthquake at 5:53pm and followed by 33 aftershocks, including 9 ranging from 5 to 5.5. In Haiti, thousands of people are said to have been killed and damage is estimated in the billions. In the DR, the earthquake caused no material damage or deaths, according to an assessment by the Dominican government and its emergency assistance teams. Nevertheless, the Emergency Operations Center (COE) did issue a preventive tsunami watch for coastal areas shortly after the earthquake, but this was later lifted.
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