Rainforest climbs from the sea to the summit of La Soufrière. Waterfalls spill through dense forest. Sailboats thread through the Grenadines, where quiet anchorages and white-sand beaches still define the rhythm of the day. It’s a landscape unlike anywhere else in the Caribbean — and more travelers are discovering it every year. St. Vincent and […]
By Dr Joan Latchman CJ Contributor BIG, DAMAGING earthquakes are an important part of the written history of the Eastern Caribbean, which began with Europeans in the region. In bringing their architecture with them, the vulnerability of the region to geological hazards was dramatically demonstrated, with the first such disaster on 5th April, 1690, when […]
By the Caribbean Journal staff The Trinidad-based University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre has received funding to strengthen its earthquake monitoring. The funding will help a recently-launched project to install instruments “which will improve understanding of the effects of strong earthquakes in the region,” the centre said in a statement. The installation will […]
Above: a map of the quake (graphic: United States Geological Survey) By the Caribbean Journal staff The northern Dominican Republic was lightly shaken by a 4.5-magnitude earthquake on Sunday evening, according to the United States Geological Survey. It struck at around 9:01 PM local time. The epicentre of the quake, which occurred at a depth […]
