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Trinidad & Tobago jolted by 3.9 magnitude earthquake – the second in less than a week
Trinidad & Tobago was jolted Wednesday by an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.9 less than a week after the twin-island nation was shaken by one with a 6.4 magnitude.
The Trinidad-based Seismic Unit of the University of the West Indies (UWI) said that the new quake was located north of the Paria Peninsula and occurred at around 7.19 am EDT.
It said it had a depth of 64 kilometers (40 miles) and was 10.89 degrees north, 62.21 degrees west. There were no reports of injuries or damage.
On Friday night, the earthquake also rattled Grenada and St. Vincent & the Grenadines and Guyana forcing electricity cuts in several areas of Trinidad.
The earthquake was the most powerful felt in Trinidad & Tobago since 1997 when an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck the twin island-nation. -(CMC)