A minor tremor measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale was registered at 5:00am Thursday. The quake was felt in the northern provinces of Santiago and Puerto Plata, which have been experiencing regular aftershocks since the 6.5 earthquake of 22 September, although they had diminished in recent weeks. This time reports of the tremor are much more geographically staggered, coming from as far away as the province of El Seibo in the east and San Juan de la Maguana in the southwest. No damage has been reported and the epicenter was calculated as being just north of Puerto Plata.