Earthquakes felt in several Caribbean countries
Published:Tuesday | December 31, 2024 | 9:17 AM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Seismic Research Centre in Trinidad says an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.8 rattled three countries on Monday night, nearly 12 hours after a similar quake was felt in the Leeward Islands.
In a statement, the SRC said that while there were no reports of injuries or damage associated with the quakes, the first one was felt at 8:59 a.m. (local time) while the second occurred at 9:02 p.m. (local time).
The second was located at Latitude 13.29N, Longitude: 61.00W at a depth of 10 kilometres (km) and was felt 29 km north east of Kingstown, the St Vincent and the Grenadine capital, 82 km south of Castries, in St Lucia and 145 km south of Fort-de-France, the capital of the French island of Martinique.
Earlier, the 3.8 magnitude earthquake was felt 42 km north west of Basseterre in St Kitts-Nevis, 122 km north west in Brades, Montserrat and 133 km north west of St John's Antigua and Barbuda.
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