Earthquake rocks Trinidad, Tobago, Barbados, Martinique, Dominica and other Caribbean Windward islands
An earthquake rocked Trinidad and Tobago around 3 pm local time today.Telephone lines on some parts of the islands went dead for about 20 minutes and cellular calls became difficult to place on one network.
To the hour, no reports of death or injuries have been received.
In fact, for the most part Trinbagonians carry on with their lives as normal.
Office buildings in Port of Spain were vacated temporarily as a precaution.
The earthquake that was felt here in Trinidad & Tobago and earlier estimated to be around 4.8 in magnitude turned out to be the residue from a much stronger 7.3 earthquake "up the islands" as Trinbagonians like to say.
Focus will be on Dominica where the earthquake was felt strongest.
Earthquake Details
Magnitude 7.4
Date-Time
* Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 19:00:19 UTC
* Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 03:00:19 PM at epicenter
Location 14.921°N, 61.264°W
Depth 145.4 km (90.4 miles)
Region MARTINIQUE REGION, WINDWARD ISLANDS
Distances
* 21 km (13 miles) NW (322°) from Le Morne-Rouge, Saint-Pierre, Martinique
* 22 km (14 miles) NNW (336°) from Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre, Martinique
* 23 km (14 miles) WNW (296°) from Le Lorrain, La Trinité, Martinique
* 41 km (25 miles) NNW (331°) from FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique
* 269 km (167 miles) NW (319°) from BRIDGETOWN, Barbados
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 5.7 km (3.5 miles); depth +/- 6.9 km (4.3 miles)
Parameters Nst=137, Nph=137, Dmin=267.4 km, Rmss=0.8 sec, Gp= 50°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source: * U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver