Earthquake Causes Light Shaking in Cayman Islands
By: Caribbean Journal Staff - March 19th, 2014
Above: a graphic of the quake (USGS)
By the Caribbean Journal staff
The Cayman Islands was shaken by a rare earthquake on Wednesday morning, according to data from the United States Geological Survey.
The 4.2-magnitude quake was the latest in a string of recent tremblors in the northern portion of the Caribbean.
Its epicentre was about 62 kilometres south of George Town, and about 372 kilometres south-southwest of Trinidad, Cuba.
It struck at a depth of 10 kilometres at around 6:55 AM local time in the Cayman Islands.
The quake came after a series of earthquakes in northern Cuba in recent months.
