(Trinidad Guardian) – An earthquake of 4.7 magnitude at a depth of 40km shook parts of north Trinidad on Sunday. Acting director of the Seismic Research Centre of the University of the West Indies, Dr Joan Latchman confirmed the report yesterday stating that there was neither damage nor injury. It was felt from Carenage in the northwest, to Moruga on the south central coast, to Matura on the northeast coast.
The quake occurred about 15 miles northwest of Port-of-Spain; 70 miles west southwest of Scarborough, Tobago; and 90 miles south of St George’s Grenada, at a depth of about 36.9 miles. But Latchman noted that an earthquake of 4.7 could bring a house down depending on how far it was from the house. This one, she said, happened away from the built-up areas, so there was no damage. Meanwhile, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) said in a release yesterday that the first responder agencies had been put on alert to render assistance in the event of any aftershocks.
It said the Disaster Management
