Trinidad And Tobago Rattled Again By Earthquake

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, September 11, 2019 (CMC) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 4.4, rattled Trinidad and Tobago, last night, the second quake to have rocked the Caribbean island, within a 24-hour period.

The Seismic Research Centre (SRC) at the St. Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) said the quake occurred at 9:31 pm (local time) and was located Latitude: 10.75 north, Longitude: 62.06 west and at a depth of 35 kilometers (km).

It said that the quake was felt, 61 km west of the capital, of Port of Spain, 86 km north-west of the southern town of San Fernando, and 87 km west of Arima.

As in the previous occasion, on Monday, when the island and two other Caribbean countries were rattled by a 4.2 magnitude earthquake, there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.