The quake is the most powerful felt in Trinidad and Tobago since 1997 when an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck the twin island republic.
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Saturday October 14, 2013, CMC –
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 jolted several Caribbean countries including Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana on Friday night, the Trinidad-based Seismic Unit of the University of the West Indies (UWI) confirmed Saturday.
It said that the quake, which was also felt in Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines occurred at 10.10 pm (local time) and was located north of the Paria Peninsula in Trinidad.
The Guyana-based Demerara Waves website said that the tremor was felt as far away as Corriverton, Berbice, Linden, Bartica, Mahdia and the North West District. read more:
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