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Earthquake rattles 3 Caribbean islands
Monday, October 7, 2019
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 rattled 3 Caribbean islands early Monday, but there have been no reports of injuries or damage, the Trinidad & Tobago-based Seismic Research Center (SRC) of the St Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI).
The SRC said that the quake occurred at 6:23 am (local time) and was felt in St. Lucia, Dominica and Martinique.
It said that the earthquake was located Latitude: 14.61N, Longitude: 60.43W and at a depth of 20 kilometers (12.4 miles).
The earthquake was felt 72 kilometers (45 miles) east of Fort-de-France, Martinique, 88 kilometers (55 miles) north east of Castries, St. Lucia and 131 kilometers (81 miles) south east of Roseau, the Dominica capital. -(CMC)