Two earthquakes were recorded in the Eastern Caribbean yesterday afternoon and last night.

According to the UWI Seismic Research Centre a 3.5 magnitude earthquake occurred on Friday night around 11.27 pm at a depth of 16 km.  

According to the Automatic Earthquake Location from the UWI Seismic Research Center, the quake struck:  

• Castries, Saint Lucia, 85 km, SE 
• Bridgetown, Barbados, 98 km, NW 
• Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 107 km, NE 

Meanwhile, another earthquake was recorded earlier on Friday afternoon.  

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake occurred around 4:19 pm (local time) at a depth of 41 km.  

According to the Automatic Earthquake Location from the UWI Seismic Research Center, that quake struck: 

• Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, 255 km, NE 
• Point-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, 282 km, NE 
• Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, 340 km, ENE