Trinidad jolted by 5.1 magnitude earthquake

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago was rocked by a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 on Wednesday, the Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the St Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) reported.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

The SRC said the quake, which occurred at 4:14 a.m. (local time), was located at Latitude 10.67N, Longitude 62.53W, at a depth of 75 kilometres.

It was felt 113 km west of the capital, Port of Spain, as well as 77 km east of Carúpano and 124 km northeast of Maturín in Venezuela, the South American country where the death toll from the powerful twin earthquakes that struck in late June has risen to 6,301.

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