Barbados, Trinidad, shaken by tremor

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, May 1, CMC – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 4.2, rattled Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday, the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies has reported.

It said that there were no immediate reports of injuries or destruction and that the quake occurred at around 10.34 pm (local time) on Tuesday night.

The quake was located Latitude: 11.85 North; Longitude: 58.99 West at a depth of 107 km and was felt 156 km southeast of Bridgetown, Barbados, 208 km northeast of Scarborough in Tobago and 287 km northeast of Arima in Trinidad. (CMC)