Quake
Location of the earthquakes as provided by the UWI Seismic Research Centre.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados--Three earthquakes occurred in the Caribbean between Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, with residents of several islands reporting having felt the tremors.
According to the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies, the quakes struck over a six-hour period overnight.
The first the SRC recorded occurred at 9:00pm – a 4.0 magnitude earthquake that was recorded 224 kilometres (km) east-northeast of Point-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe; 255km east of St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda; and 257km northeast of Roseau, Dominica.
Then, 17 minutes later, an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.9 shook Dominica. That one occurred 11km northeast of the island’s capital, Roseau; 89km north-northwest of Fort-de-France, Martinique; and 100km south-southeast of Point-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.
The third quake – another 4.0 magnitude tremor – struck near Barbados. It was 94km southwest of the capital, Bridgetown; 102km southeast of Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines; and 153km southeast of Castries, St. Lucia.
Although residents, particularly in Dominica, went to the SRC’s Facebook page to say they felt the tremors, there were no reports of damage or injuries. ~ Caribbean360 ~
