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Trinidad & Tobago rocked by two earthquakes on Sunday
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 rocked several parts of Trinidad & Tobago on Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
The Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the St Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) said that the quake occurred at 7.34 am local time at a depth of 32 kilometers (20 miles).
It said it was felt in the capital, Port of Spain, as well as 100 kilometers (63 miles) north west Arima, east of here, 105 kilometers (66 miles) west north west of San Fernando, in south Trinidad.
The quake is the second to be felt here on Sunday, the SRC said, noting that at 2.13 am (local time) a tremor with a magnitude of 3.5 rattled the capital, and was also felt 119 kilometers (74 miles) south west of St. George’s in Grenada and 111 kilometers (57 miles) north east of Carúpano in Venezuela.
The quake was located at a depth of 132 kilometers, the SRC added. -(CMC)