Caribbean region rattled by 3 earthquakes

The Trinidad & Tobago-based Seismic Research Center (SRC) of the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), has said an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 rattled 3 Caribbean islands, as the region recorded 3 earth tremors within a 24-hour period.

The latest earthquake, was felt in Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica and Guadeloupe.

According to the SRC the quake was located Latitude: 16.88N, Longitude: 61.15W and at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles).

It said there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, but it was felt 81 kilometers (50.33 miles) east-south-east of St John’s, Antigua & Barbuda, 82 kilometers (51 miles) north east of Point-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe and 177 kilometers (110 miles) north of the Dominican capital, Roseau.

Earlier on Friday, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 rattled Trinidad & Tobag, after one with a magnitude of 3.9 shook St. Lucia, Martinique and St. Vincent & the Grenadines just after midnight. -(CMC).