Two Mild Earthquakes Hit
Northern
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Two Mild Earthquakes
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Managua - Two
earthquakes measuring 5 and 4.1 on Richter
scale shook on Tuesday the north zone of
Nicaragua, damaging 28 houses and affecting
81 people.
Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies
(INETER) said that the 5-magnitude quake was
felt at 11:50 a.m. local time (1750 GMT).
The epicenter was located 62.7 km
underground and some 154 km north of
Managua.
The second earthquake was registered at
11:57 a.m. local time (1757 GMT), its
epicenter was located 78.1 km underground.
Secretary from the Municipal Council of San
Juan del Rio Coco, Carla Solis, said that
the towns of La Dalia, Barrio Nuevo, San
Lucas and San Pedro de las Canas were the
most affected.
Meanwhile, an emergency team of Civil
Defense leaded by Colonel Ramon Ernesto Soza
went to the affected zone to learn about the
consequences of the earthquakes.
So far, there have been no reports on
casulties, Soza said, adding that measures
have been taken to avoid possible tragedies. |
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