Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, shaken by 4.2 magnitude earthquake

An earthquake, with a magnitude of 4.2 rattled Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago, the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Center (SRC) of the University of the West Indies has reported on Wednesday.

It said that there were no immediate reports of injuries or destruction and that the quake occurred at around 10:34 pm (local time) on Tuesday night.

The earthquake was located Latitude: 11.85 North; Longitude: 58.99 West at a depth of 107 kilometers (66 miles) and was felt 156 kilometers (97 miles) south east of Bridgetown, Barbados, 208 kilometers (129 miles) north east of Scarborough in Tobago and 287 kilometers (178 miles) north east of Arima in Trinidad & Tobago. -(CMC)