Three earthquakes rattle Caribbean islands over 48-hour period

Several Caribbean countries have been rattled by earthquakes over the last 48 hours with the latest occurring on Friday when a quake with a magnitude of 4.7 was felt in St. Kitts-Nevis and Antigua and Barbuda, the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Center (SRC) of the St. Augustine campus of the University (UWI) reported.

It said Friday’s quake, which occurred   at 5:17 a.m. was located Latitude: 19.78N, Longitude: 62.42W and at a depth of six miles.

The quake was felt in 172 miles north of Basseterre, the St. Kitts-Nevis capital and 188 miles, north, north west of the  Antigua and Barbuda capital, St. John’s.

As had been the case when the region was rattled by two earthquakes on Thursday, there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

On Thursday, the SRC reported that a quake with a magnitude of 3.8 was felt 91 miles north east of St. John’s in Antigua and Barbuda, 116 miles north east of point-a-Pitre in the French island of Guadeloupe and 145 miles east north east of Basseterre in St. Kitts-Nevis.

The quake which occurred at 3:33 a.m. (local time) had a location of Latitude: 17.69N, Longitude: 60.67W and at a depth of nine miles.

The second quake on Thursday occurred two minutes later at 3.35 was felt 76 miles north east of St. John’s in Antigua and Barbuda and 99 miles north east of the French island of Guadeloupe and 132 miles east of Basseterre of St. Kitts-Nevis.

It was located at Latitude: 17.50N, Longitude: 60.82W and at a depth of just over half a mile.

CMC