Earthquake felt in Dominica

Red circle indicates center of quake
Red circle indicates center of quake

An earthquake was felt in sections of Dominica on Monday morning.

DNO has received several reports on the quake from readers.

The Trinidad-based UWI Seismic Research Centre said the tremor took place at 9:36 am with a magnitude of 4.9.

The epicenter of the quake was located at 123 km northeast of Roseau, 94 km east of Point-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe and 166 km southeast of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda.

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6 Comments

  1. NAYAH
    May 9, 2016

    HE, is just reminding you. HE’S in charged. Not no political party, no prime mister, no judge or jury. HE is.

    • Africo
      May 9, 2016

      Stop your superstitious brainwashed nonesence and start to learn some science and Caribbean geology. Then you will learn why these things really happen. We sit on the edge of a tectonic plate that moves and that is why we have earthquakes from time to time. It sometimes causes volcanoes and that is how these islands were formed.

    • budman
      May 10, 2016

      sigh

  2. socaman
    May 9, 2016

    A result of all the activity of mothers getting their Mothers Day present from their husbands/lovers

    • Dante Jones
      May 9, 2016

      haha poor d/a ppl have no sense of humor

  3. amindom
    May 9, 2016

    It was a quick, strong “jerk” here in Castle Bruce.

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