SEVERAL islands in the southern Caribbean were rattled by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake which struck east-northeast of Venezuela’s coast in the Caribbean Sea just before midnight on Saturday.

The UWI Seismic Research Centre (UWI SRC) said it occurred around 11:58 pm (local time) at a depth of 46 km.

According to the Automatic Earthquake Location from UWI SRC, the quake struck:
Carúpano, Venezuela, 97 km, ENE; Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 97 km, WNW, and San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, 119 km, NW.

Social media users reported the tremor being felt in Trinidad and Tobago, northeastern Guyana, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), in its preliminary report, had the earthquake as 6.0 magnitude, 29 km northeast of Yaguaraparo, Venezuela. It said the earthquake, which occurred at 11:58 pm, had a depth of 87.4 km. (Loop News)