A significant earthquake has shaken Trinidad, prompting emergency protocols and damage assessments amid reports of strong tremors across the region.
The Seismic Research Center (SRC) at the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) said that the quake, which occurred at 7.50 pm (local time), was at a depth of 44 kilometers (km).
It was felt 36 km north west of Port of Spain, 61 km north of Arima, east of here, and 73 km north west of San Fernando in south Trinidad.
This is the second quake to hit Trinidad in the past 24 hours.
The SRC said that a tremor with a magnitude of 3.5 rattled the country and Grenada at around 12.52 pm (local time).
It said that it was at a depth of 53 km and that it was felt 64 km south-southwest of St. George’s in Grenada, 104 km north-northwest of Port of Spain, and 120 km north-northwest of Arima in Trinidad.
There were also no reports of damage or injury.
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