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Earthquake Rattles Three Caribbean Islands Early This Morning

By Sheri-kae McLeod··1 min read
Earthquake Rattles Three Caribbean Islands Early This Morning
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  • BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 rattled three Caribbean islands early Monday, but there have been no reports of injuries or damage, the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the St.
  • Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI).
  • SRC said that the quake occurred at 6.23 am (local time) and was felt in St.
  • Lucia, Dominica and the French-island of Martinique.
  • It said that the quake was located Latitude: 14.61N, Longitude: 60.43W and at a depth of 20 kilometers (km).

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 rattled three Caribbean islands early Monday, but there have been no reports of injuries or damage, the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI).

SRC said that the quake occurred at 6.23 am (local time) and was felt in St. Lucia, Dominica and the French-island of Martinique.

It said that the quake was located Latitude: 14.61N, Longitude: 60.43W and at a depth of 20 kilometers (km).

The quake was felt 72 km east of Fort-de-France, Martinique, 88 km northeast of Castries, St. Lucia and 131 km southeast of Roseau, the Dominica capital.

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