updated 1/23/2012 5:45:57 PM ET


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The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.1. The epicenter was in the coastal town of Rio San Juan, about 155 miles (250 kilometers) north of the capital and 22 miles (35 kilometers) northeast of San Francisco de Macoris.

A seismology institute at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo said its equipment recorded a magnitude of 5.4.
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Hi gogo!
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre also registered it higher than USGS but a little lower than the Dominican source you mention above @ 5.2 Magnitude.

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