SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck in waters northeast of the Dominican Republic overdue Monday, inflicting minor harm.
Officers in neighboring Puerto Rico stated the quake left some neighborhoods within the northwest the town of Utuado with out energy.
The quake hit some 48 miles (77 kilometers) north-northeast of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, at a intensity of 42 miles (about 68 kilometers), in keeping with the U.S. Geological Survey.
No less than a dozen aftershocks have passed off since then, the company stated.
Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic are positioned in a prime seismic job zone, for the reason that the North American Plate and the northeast nook of the Caribbean plate meet in that house.
