“It was felt, eh?”: Abinader humorously comments on the 5.0 magnitude earthquake

Santo Domingo.- President Luis Abinader was one of the citizens who felt an earthquake of magnitude 5.0 on the Richter scale this Monday, whose epicenter was recorded in Los Cacaos, province of San Cristóbal.

During his intervention in "La Semanal con la prensa", the president joked about the telluric movement, due to the decrease in attendees at the meeting.  

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"Well, not many people today, it seems either because of the rain or the tremor, or both. It was felt, eh? Thank God to date no damage has been reported", expressed Abinader.

The tremor, which occurred at an approximate depth of 10 kilometers, was felt in several provinces in the south of the country and in Greater Santo Domingo. According to the National Seismology Center of UASD, so far no material damage or affected people have been reported.