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Caribbean countries rattled by tremor

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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Oct 15, CMC An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.8 ratlled two  Caribbean countries early Tuesday morning, but there were no reports of injuries or damage.

The Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the St. Augustine campus of the University of  the West Indies (UWI), said that the tremor was recorded at 4.57 am (local time)  and was located  Latitude: 11.13N, Longitude: 61.94W at a depth of 10  kilometers.

The SRC said it  was felt 70 m north west of  Port of Spain, 91 km north west of Arima, east of the capital, and 104 km, south south west of St. George’s, the Grenada capital.

Tuesday’s  quake is the latest seismic activity to affect the  Caribbean in recent days.

It said that an earthquake  with a magnitude of 4.1 was felt in St. John’s Antigua, Brades in Montserrat and Basseterre in St. Kitts-Nevis, two days ago, while another with a magnitude of 4.0 was felt in Fort-de-France, Martinique, Castries, St. Lucia and Roseau, Dominica three days earlier.

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