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A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Trinidad and Tobago around midnight on Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
The Seismological Research Centre (SRC) at the University of the West Indies’ St Augustine campus said the earthquake occurred at 1:58 pm (local time) on Saturday.
It is located at 10.83 degrees north latitude and 62.37 degrees west longitude, with a depth of 46 kilometers (km).
The earthquake occurred 97 km west-northwest of the capital, Port of Spain, and 119 km northwest of San Fernando, south of here.
The SRC said the tremor was also felt 97 kilometers northeast of Carupano, Venezuela.
The Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Center reported that the earthquake was felt from St. Vincent in the north to northeastern Guyana in the south.
Reports said that while there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, power outages had occurred in the northwest of Trinidad.
The center added: “The largest earthquake to have occurred within 20 kilometers of tonight’s earthquake occurred on October 11, 2013, with a magnitude of 6.0.”
Some people took to social media to report what they felt, with one person saying “6.2 magnitude earthquake, the worst I’ve felt in years”, while the Tobago Observer posted on Facebook “According to the University of the West Indies Earthquake Research Centre, the earthquake magnitude was 6.2, subject to adjustment. Whoa!”.
Another wrote “Just felt a fairly long earthquake in Trinidad… 6.1 on the Richter scale… all is well” while another said “I was watching the T20 World Cup… Afghanistan just won against Australia and I was clapping… next I felt the ground shaking… then I felt something on the coffee table moving…”
The earthquake occurred four days after the country recorded a 3.9 magnitude quake.
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