An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 rocked several countries in the Eastern Caribbean on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UW) said that the quake occurred at 1.31 pm (local time) and was felt in Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts-Nevis, and Montserrat.
It was located at Latitude: 17.59N, Longitude: 62.06W, a depth of 33 kilometers (km).
The quake was felt 58 km northwest of the Antigua and Barbuda capital, St. John’s, 81 km northeast of Basseterre, the capital of St. Kitts-Nevis, and 90km north northeast of Brades in Montserrat.
“We just had an earthquake, it was strong,” a resident of Antigua and Barbuda said on social media.
“What an auspicious time for an earthquake. On Good Friday. There was an earthquake after Jesus died on the cross. Is the earthquake a sign of things to come?. Look at the time it happened. It is a poignant reminder of the true nature of the day, and it keeps it holy,” another said.
The quake is the second to have occurred in the region in the past 48 hours.
The SRC said that a quake with a magnitude of 4.0 occurred on Wednesday and was felt in Dominica, St.Lucia, and the French island of Martinique.
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