COE explains why cell phone alerts didn't sound during the earthquake

Following a 5.6 magnitude earthquake that struck the Dominican Republic on a Sunday afternoon, the Centro de Operaciones de Emergencias (COE) reported that no significant damages had been received across various felt localities as of early evening.

In the wake of the tremor, citizens took to social media to voice complaints regarding the failure of emergency earthquake alerts to sound on their mobile phones. In response to the public outcry, the COE provided an explanation addressing the reasons behind the absence of the mobile alerts.