Trinidad and Tobago rocked by powerful earthquake
Published:Sunday | June 23, 2024 | 11:05 AM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 rocked Trinidad and Tobago near midnight on Saturday.
There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
The Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the St Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) said that the quake was felt at 11:58 p.m.
It was located at latitude 10.83 N, Longitude 62.37W and at a depth of 46 kilometres.
The quake was felt 97 km west north west of the capital, Port of Spain and 119 km north west of San Fernando.
The SRC said that it was also felt 97 km east north east in Carúpano, Venezuela.
The Trinidad and Tobago Weather Center reported that the earthquake was felt as far north as St Vincent to as far south as northeastern Guyana.
It said while there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, power outages were reported across northwestern Trinidad.
“The largest quake to strike within 20 kilometres of tonight's quake occurred on October 11 2013, at magnitude 6.0,” the enter added.
The quake came four days after the country recorded a tremor of 3.9.
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