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Caribbean countries rattled by early morning earthquake

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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jun 26, CMC –  An earthquake with a magnitude of  4.2 rattled some Caribbean island on Friday, the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of  the University of the West Indies reported.

It said that the event occurred at 7.19 a (local time)  and was at a depth of  10 kilometers (km).

It was felf in the nearby cities of Point-à-Pitre, the capital of  the French-island of  Guadeloupe, Roseau n Dominica and St. Johhn’s  the Antigua and Barbuda  capital.

The SRC said that there were no immedite reports of injuries or damage.

It comes less than 24 hours following the magnitude 7.1 and 7.5 events off the coast of Venezuela that have killed 589 and injuring 2,980 acting President Delcy Rodriquez has said.

International rescue teams have joined the search for survivors in Venezuela  as loccal teams searched through the the night in collpased buildings in Caracas and the state of La Guaira.

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