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Trinidad and Tobago rattled by earthquake

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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jun 24, CMC – An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.9 rattled Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

The Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) said that the quake, which occurred at 4.20 pm (local time) was located at Latitude: 11.26N, Longitude: 61.40W and at a depth of 20 kilometers (km).

The SRC said that the tremor was felt  67 km, north north east of the capital, Port of Spain, 70 km north north west of Arima, east of here and 73 km, west of Scarborough in Tobago.

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