SANTO DOMINGO.- Another medium intensity quake rattled the eastern part of the Dominican Republic yesterday dawn, the fourth in the last five days, and one of 11 registered in different parts of the world, said the United States Geodetic Survey.

Yesterday’s tremor is the fifth registered in the island in 11 days and on which the Dominican authorities have yet to issue information. It occurred at 3:21 a.m. at 19.1 North Latitude and 68.2 West Longitude, with its epicenter 129 kilometers beneath the surface, in the East region, 74 kilometers from Higüey and 89 from El Seibo.

On Tuesday another quake, 3.5 degrees on the Richter scale, was felt at 3:31 a.m., 187 North Latitude and 68.3 West Longitude, whose epicenter was 119 kilometers  deep, 45 kilometers from Higuey and 77 from El Seibo, close to the one yesterday. Residents in Higüey, El Seibo, La Romana, San Pedro, Bayaguana and Santo Domingo felt both tremors.

Another one took place at 4:10 a.m. on Sunday, 18.8 North Latitude and 69.5 degrees West Longitude, 28 kilometers from Monte Plata, 29 from Hato Mayor and 39 from Ingenio Consuelo, San Pedro.

On Friday last week an earth quake was also registered in Dominican Republic,  4.6 degrees on the Richter scale, 8 kilometers from the northern town Tamboril, 14 kilometers deep. Four days before another tremor was felt at 18.8 North Latitude and 69.5 West Longitude, 160 kilometers in depth, 28 kilometers from Monte Plata.