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Trinidad rattled by second earthquake in 3 days
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.1 rattled Trinidad during the early hours of Wednesday, the Seismic Research Center of the University of the West Indies (UWI) said.
The earthquake, the second within a three-day period, occurred at 2:43 am (1:43 am EST) and was located north of the Paria Peninsular.
The Seismic Unit said that it had a depth of four kilometers and was felt in the capital Port of Spain and surrounding areas.
There were no reports of injuries or damages from the quake that was located 10.75°N and 61.47°W.
Over the weekend, an earthquake with a magnitude was 4.9 rocked the oil rich twin island republic.