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Above: a map of the quake (graphic: USGS) By the Caribbean Journal staff The northern coast of the Dominican Republic was shaken by an earthquake on Friday afternoon, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake struck at around 3:11 PM at a depth of around 25 kilometres. Its epicentre was in the city […]
Above: a map of the quake (graphic: USGS) By the Caribbean Journal staff A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake shook Costa Rica and Panama on Saturday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake, which occurred at a depth of 36 kilometres, struck around 18 kilometres east of Punta de Burica in Panama, about 258 […]
Above: a map of the quake (graphic: USGS) By the Caribbean Journal staff Costa Rica was shaken Sunday by a 4.3-magnitude earthquake, according to data from the United States Geological Survey. The quake’s epicentre was in San Antonio, about 2 kilometres east-northeast of San Rafael in the central portion of Costa Rica. The quake struck […]
Above: a map of the quake (graphic: USGS) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Southern Dominican Republic was shaken by a 4.2-magnitude earthquake on Sunday morning, according to data from the United States Geological Survey. The quake occurred at a depth of 114 kilometres, with an epicentre about 8 kilometres west of Esperalvillo and about […]
Above: a map of the quake (graphic: United States Geological Survey) By the Caribbean Journal staff A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coast of Cuba on Monday evening, according to data from the United States Geological Survey. The quake struck at a depth of 17 kilometres about 57 kilometres southwest of El Cobre and […]
Above: a map of the quake (graphic: United States Geological survey) By the Caribbean Journal staff Cuba’s year of heightened seismic activity is continuing. Another earthquake struck near Cuba early Sunday morning, with a 4.4 magnitude quake occurring southeast of the country. The quake struck at a depth of 13 kilometres with an epicentre about […]
Above: a map of the quake (graphic: USGS) By the Caribbean Journal staff An earthquake struck the northeastern Caribbean on Friday evening, according to the United States Geological Survey. The 4.3-magnitude quake struck at around 9:56 PM local time about 44 kilometres west of Codrington, Barbuda, about 69 kilometres northeast of Basseterre, St Kitts and […]
Above: a map of the quake (graphic: United States Geological Survey) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic was shaken Saturday morning by a 4.5-magnitude earthquake, according to data from the United States Geological survey. The epicentre of the quake was about 3 kilometres south-southeast of Licey al Medio, and about 118 kilometres north-northwest […]
Above: a map of the quake (graphic: USGS) By the Caribbean Journal staff The French island of Martinique was lightly shaken by a 4.4-magnitude earthquake off its northeastern coast on Thursday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake’s epicentre was about 54 kilometres east-northeast of Petite Riviere Salee and about 55 kilometres […]
Above: a graphic of the quake (United States Geological Survey) By the Caribbean Journal staff Aruba was shaken by a light earthquake on Sunday afternoon, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake occurred at around 3:34 PM local time, at a depth of 41 kilometres. Its epicentre was about 28 kilometres north of […]
Above: a graphic of the quake (graphic: United States Geological Survey) By the Caribbean Journal staff A very strong 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the western coast of Chile on Tuesday evening, the strongest in the hemisphere in some time, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake led Chile’s National Office of Emergency to […]
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