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scene in Haiti following devastating earthquake
A small volcanic earthquake was recorded in the south of Dominica on Saturday morning, a day before a larger tremor shook parts of the Leeward Islands. Neither event resulted in any damage or injuries, based on initial reports.
The University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre, which recorded the Dominica event, said the 2.1-magnitude earthquake occurred around 5:56 am on Saturday at a depth of four kilometres.
Residents of Cochrane and Trafalgar in the south of the island felt the movement.
The more significant earthquake measuring 5.1, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), occurred at 6:43 pm yesterday, with its epicentre about 50 miles east of Guadeloupe, 55 miles north-north east of Dominica and 95 miles north of Martinique. It reached a depth of 42.2 miles.
The tremors were mostly felt in Guadeloupe, but some residents of Martinique, Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda reported feeling the ground shake.
The quakes follow the January 12th 7.0-magnitude earthquake that claimed more than 100,000 lives in Haiti. That devastating event was followed by several aftershocks as intense as 5.9-magnitude.
Meantime Acting disaster preparedness coordinator Don Corriette says a 5.1 magnitude earthquake in Guadeloupe on Sunday was felt in a number of islands including Dominica.
Corriette said the regional earthquake was felt mostly in villages along the coast of Dominica.
Mr. Corriette says the recent quakes are not linked to the 7.0 magnitude quake which struck Haiti two weeks ago.
There have also been other earthquakes recorded in the Caribbean since the Haiti disaster, including one that rattled the Cayman Islands (of 5.8 magnitude) and another off Venezuela (5.6).
However, no injuries, death or damage resulted.
Several experts had predicted that after Haiti, other quakes would follow in other parts of the Caribbean. They have said that all the pressure that has built up in the faults running through the region may not have been released in the Haiti quake.
