The west end of St. Croix moves at a different speed, and Frederiksted has always been its anchor. The water stays calm here, the shoreline opens wide, and the town feels lived-in rather than staged. Right along that waterfront sits The Fred, an adults-only hotel built directly into the fabric of the place. It doesn’t […]
Above: a map of the quake (USGS) By the Caribbean Journal staff A 4.3-magnitude earthquake off the coast of St Kitts and Nevis caused light shaking in the Eastern Caribbean, particularly St Maarten, early Wednesday morning. The quake, which occurred at around 12:26 AM local time, struck about 7 kilometres west of Charlestown, Nevis and […]
Above: a graphic of the quake (USGS) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic was shaken by an earthquake on Saturday morning for the second time in two days. The 4.4-magnitude quake occurred at around 12:48 AM at a depth of 23 kilometres. It struck around 87 kilometres north-northeast of Punta Cana and about […]
Above: a map of the quake (graphic: USGS) By the Caribbean Journal staff A 4.2-magnitude earthquake caused light shaking across the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake, which occurred off the southeastern coast of the Dominican Republic in the Mona Passage, had its epicentre about 32 kilometres […]
