A 4.7 magnitude earthquake was recorded in the waters of the Eastern Caribbean Thursday evening, though there were no reports of it being felt in Antigua and Barbuda or surrounding territories.
According to data released by the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre, the quake struck at 6:46 pm local time at a depth of 10 kilometres.
The epicentre was located at latitude 19.16 North and longitude 62.41 West, placing Saint John’s approximately 236 kilometres to the north-northwest of the source. Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, was the nearest major city to the epicentre at 209 kilometres, while Brades, Montserrat, was situated approximately 263 kilometres to the north.
The UWI Seismic Research Centre cautioned that the preliminary location was automatically calculated by computer algorithms and remains subject to revision pending review by SRC analysts.
These occurrence are too often for my liking
The earth is like a ball of Jello constantly moving. If you go to site like USGS which records movement constantly and in real time, you will see that there are events below 3 on the seismic scale. every day, every hour, many places across the earth, including our area. the Caribbean is a tectonic plate itself interfacing with plates on the North. South, East and West and of such is subject to interactions on all sides. So movement is expected and minor events are not unusual.
how come I never feel them shaking ?