An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 was recorded south of the island this afternoon but there were no immediate reports of damages or injuries.
The Seismic Research centre (SRC) of the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West indies (UWI), said that the quake occurred at 4.41 p.m. (local time).
It was located Latitude: 12.29N, Longitude: 59.74W. It had a depth of 60 kilo meters.
The SRC said the quake was felt 92 km south of Bridgetown, Barbados, 166 km north east of Scarborough, Tobago and 191 km south east of Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines.
Saturday’s earthquake follows another quake in the region on Friday.
The 4.1 magnitude quake occurred at 1:53 a.m. (local time) and was located at Latitude 15.20 north, Longitude 60:69 west at a depth of 34 kilometres.
It was felt 85 km north east of Fort-de-France, Martinique; 88 km east of Roseau, Dominica,
and 136 km north, northeast of Castries, Saint Lucia.
