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Several caribbean countries rattled by earthquake

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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Oct 8,CMC – An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 rattled several Caribbean countries on Wednesday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the St. Augustine campus of  the University of the West Indies (UWI) said that the quake, which occurred at 5.07 am (local time) was at a depth of eight kilometers (km).

It said  that the quake was felt 206 km east north east of  Point-à-Pitre, the capital of the French country of Guadeloupe, 233 km east of Saint John’s in Antigua and Barbuda and 246 km north east of Roseau, the Dominica capital.

CMC/2025