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Greymouth Evening Star, 6 August 1946, Page 7

MORE SHOCKS

CENTRAL AMERICA TOWNS SEVERELY DAMAGED BY EARTHQUAKES DETAILS NOT YET AVAILABLE (Rec. 10.0 a.m.) MIAMI, Aug. 5. Fresh tremors have . .shaken the Dominican republic but the intensity was only slight. Meanwhile, high waves resulting from the earthquake yesterday were recorded along the Dominican coast, but no damage has so far been reported from them.. The earthquake damaged or cracked buildings in Cuida Trujillo and other towns. The tremors interrupted radio communications with the outside world for hours. Puerto Plata and Matanzas are reported to be seriously damaged by the quake and high waves, and many buildings collapsed and others were cracked in Santiago, Moca, Sanchez and San Francisco de Macoris, but owing to disruption of the telephone and telegraph system, details are not available. , Incomplete accounts reveal thai high waves completely flooded Matflnzas, partly flooded Nagua Miches and damaged the piers at . Puerto Plata. The Government sent rescuers to a valley south of Monte Christi range, where many of the damaged towns are situated. ■ A message published yesterday stated that seismographs throughout the United States of America recorded a heavy earthquake. The epicentre was believed to be in the Central West Indies. . __ The Fordham University in New York reported that the shock was the sharpest ever recorded there. A severe earthquake shook Copiapo City, in northern Chile, which has a population of 15,000. Considerable damage was • done, mostly to older buildings, many of which were destroyed, but only two persons were killed. Port la Serena, with a population of 21,000, was shaken, and Vallenar, with a population of 8000,-was also severely damaged.