Caribbean rattled by 2 earthquakes within a 6-hour period

Several Caribbean countries were rattled as 2 earthquakes hit the region within a 6-hour period, the Trinidad & Tobago-based Seismic Research Center (SRC) of the St Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) has revealed.

In the first instance, the SRC said that an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 was felt in Martinique, Dominica and St Lucia.

The SRC said that the earthquake occurred at 9:40 pm (local time) Sunday and was located at Latitude: 15.08 north, Longitude: 60.30 west and at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles). It said that the earthquake was felt 101 kilometers (63 miles) north east of Fort-de-France, Martinique, 123 kilometers (76 miles) east south east of Roseau, Dominica and 139 kilometers (86 miles) north east of Castries, St Lucia.

The 2nd episode, with a magnitude of 3.3, occurred at 3:35 am (local time) on Monday and was located at Latitude: 12.29 north, Longitude: 61.65 west and at a depth of 5 kilometers (3.1 miles).

The earthquake was felt 28 kilometers (17.4 miles) north east of St George’s, Grenada, 107 kilometers (66 miles) south west of Kingstown, St. Vincent & the Grenadines and 159 kilometers (99 miles) North West of Scarborough in Trinidad & Tobago.

The SRC said there were no immediate reports of injuries or damages caused by the 2 earthquakes, the latest in a series of earth tremors felt in several Caribbean countries.

The SRC have been warning regional countries to be prepared for a major quake. Last month Trinidad & Tobago recorded an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 causing wide spread infrastructural damage to several buildings. -(CMC)