The geologist Osiris de León stated that the regional fault (Enriquillo-Plantain Garden) that caused the strong earthquake of magnitude 5.3 on the Richter scale, registered this Wednesday southwest of the bay of Las boilers (Peravia-Baní) and that surprised the entire Dominican population, must be monitored.
«We have to monitor this failure for the next 72 hours to see its behavior,” the specialist recommended during a phone call (yesterday) on the radio program “El Sol de la Tarde.”
De Leon explained that, “Ideally, it should already decrease (the frequency of tremors), but that has to be defined by nature based on the response that the fault gives in the next 48 hours”.
It is recalled that the geologist had stated that the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden faultwas the same that on January 12, 2010 caused the great earthquake of 7.0 in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti.
Osiris de León added through a publication on his social network account Twitterwhich also, on January 6, 2020, also caused an earthquake of magnitude 6.4 in Puerto Rico, and another of 7.2 in Les Cayes (Haiti) on August 14, 2021.
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The telluric movement of this Wednesday, occurred at 7:11 am, and had a depth of 37.6 kilometers, According to preliminary information from the National Center of Seismology of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (CNS).
was also notified a magnitude 3.3 aftershock at 7:36 am, with a depth of 52.6 at southwest of Matanzas, Peravia-Bani.
What to do before, during and after an earthquake?
Before
*Develop a protection, safety and evacuation plan.
*Basic knowledge of first aid and having an emergency kit.
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* Know the location of gas keys, water, electrical fuses.
*Remove obstacles from evacuation routes, as well as locate and mark safety zones and escape routes.
* Carry out evacuation drills in case of earthquakes, in order to instruct the population on the measures to be taken and determine if the emergency plan is effective.
During
Keep calm, since many suffer injuries as a result of cuts by glass, falling objects, crowds of people on stairs and all because of panic.
* Must be keep calm and avoid panic or mass hysteria.
* Locate yourself in previously established safe places, if you can’t do it, make it close to resistant objects away from windows or objects that may fall.
* If it is necessary to evacuate the place, use the stairs, not elevators.
* If you are in the yard, stay away from buildings, power lines and windows.
* If you are going by car or bus, the driver must slow down and stop in a safe place. Likewise, people must remain in their seats until everything returns to normal.
After
* Observe if there is someone injured and give them first aid.
* Go to the protection zones already established.
* Do not touch electrical cables that are on the ground.
* Close the gas taps to avoid any leaks and do not use it until the proper inspection has been carried out.
* Do not return to damaged areas without prior authorization.
* Use the phone only for urgent calls.
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