Trinidad & Tobago shaken by two earthquakes, hours apart

Two earthquakes rattled Trinidad & Tobago on Sunday night as the region continues to be jolted by a series of earthquakes in recent months, the Trinidad & Tobago-based Seismic Research Center (SRC) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) has reported.

It said that the 1st quake, which measured 4.6 on the richter scale, occurred at 7:35 pm (local time) and had a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles).

The location was Latitude: 10.20N, Longitude: 62.19W and the SRC said it was felt 81 kilometers (50 miles) west of San Fernando and 91 kilometers (57 miles) south west of Port of Spain.

The SRC said that the 2nd quake, which occurred less than three hours later, had a magnitude of 4.4 and was located Latitude: 11.83N, Longitude: 60.71W and also at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles).

This quake was also felt in Scarborough in Tobago and 118 kilometers (73 miles) east south east of St George’s, Grenada.

There have been no reports of injuries or destruction as a result of the recent earthquakes.

Last Friday, the SRC reported that an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted several Caribbean islands and in recent weeks, several Caribbean countries have been rattled by earthquakes.
In January an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 jolted the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa as well as the Mexican state of Quintana Roo and Belize. -(CMC)