Two earthquakes shook Dominica on Friday morning.
The quakes were felt in a number of countries in the Caribbean.
The first one took place at 8:32 am. It was felt in many parts of Dominica and it heavily shook the building which houses the office of Dominica News Online in Roseau for several seconds.
According to the UWI Seismic Research Centre, the quake measured 5.6.
The epicenter of the quake was located 108 km east-southeast of Roseau, 91 km northeast of Fort-de-France, and 134 km northeast of Castres.
The depth of the earthquake was 10 km.
The second quake measured 4.2. and took place at 9:32 am at a depth if 10 km.
The epicenter was located 106 km NE of Fort-de-France, Martinique; 129 km ESE of Roseau, Dominica and 142 km NE of Castries, Saint Lucia.
There are no reports of damages.
@dora, you all are so busy defending the evils of Skerrit’that when the warning bell goes out all you misquoting and misunderstanding the Bible, just to defend the evils of Skerrit. You said the Bible says there is no hiding place here but you are so wrong. Before Sodom and Gomara we’re destroyed the angel of the Lord pleased with Lot to take his family and run because destruction was coming. Read the story in Gen 19. Here is a key verse to study 15 With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished.” Get. 19:15.
No human (Skerrit et al) has no control over hurricanes, earthquakes and other acts of mischief by Mother ?. The only control human kind has is our free will. ♥️??
People all these disasters are all man made 100% (not regular man but the satanic elite that owns and control this earth. Its not mother nature, not natural and not God made. These people have been manipulating the weather for decades, they have done the experiments and they have figure it all out. They tell us the truth in movies, comedy, cartoons, commercials, tv shows, music videos, video games and lie to us in the news. You not gonna get it.
Your comments scare me. When you invoke a dieity for to explain what is happening around you and to you have decided to leave rime and reason behind. To chose a god to blame for misfortunes or a god for fortunes is very sad and useless. Your life is in your own hands only. Even though your preacher might tell you otherwise.
I am appalled by the deluded ignorance reflected in these posts. No political, social or religious upheaval is causing these earthquakes to happen. The real reason for this earth tremor is that Dominica sits on the eastern edge of the Caribbean Tectonic Plate. This plate is moving eastward over the edge of the American plate under the Atlantic Ocean. This area is called a subduction zone.
This subduction zone runs from Grenada in the south to Saba in the north. From time to time, as the plate moves, earthquakes happen along the edge of the Caribbean Plate. Simple as that. It has been happening for millions of years. It is what created our arc of volcanic islands. It is the physical geography of where we live.
Yes ignorance rules on the internet.
Bo, I do not think its ignorance . I think its political polarization which puts people in a negative frame of mind. Like when addicts go into denial. Or when fanatics go into extreme mode in support of their cause .
Here says 5.6… Martinique says 5.4 and another site says 5.2… Does anyone know exactly what magnitude?
ADMIN: Our source is the UWI Seismic Research Centre which is the official source of information for earthquakes and volcanoes in the English-speaking Eastern Caribbean. From their facebook page:
DISCLAIMER: this event has NOT been reviewed by an analyst. It was automatically located by a seismological computational system, therefore, it is a PRELIMINARY result and this may vary when new additional data are processed.
https://www.facebook.com/uwiseismic
It’s only a couple percentage points off, equally devastating, but we get an idea of the magnitude either way.
It is about (5.6 + 5.4 + 5.2)/3 = the magnitude of the earthquake to an infinite number of decimal places.
Numerous car accidents, Splats of gun violence, All kinds of natural disasters, the way tings moving in Da I waiting to see jesus pushing trolly by astaphans
Your mahgee…
Ahh.. Brain fart.
“The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork” ps. 19:1. Dominica is being attacked on every side because we have an evil prime Minister, an evil cabinet which includes the house speaker, the president , the police commissioner and all those that support the evils of Skerrit’. Right now even the FIRMAMENT declares their displeasure with us. Hurricane, Tropical storm, earthquake, the Penville 5, strange fatal accidents, our banana industry died out, our coconuts are destroyed, our citrus destroyed, Ross University ran away, Cable and wireless aka flow is being victimize d and might soon run away too. Boy where we heading? Not an easy road. I hope Tony, Parry, Christian and the police officer that always calling q95 taking heed
the big one is coming to wipe out the evil,Dominica is doomed,be not afraid people,GOD IS IN CONTROL.
Yes indeed. And God said, let there be a firmament/dome/sky to separate the waters from the waters. (genesis 6,7) He name the dome sky/firmament. (genesis
That’s what we live under. Everything on earth happens under the dome/firmament/sky. Nothing gets in and nothing gets out. That’s where we live, on a flat earth underneath the dome/firmament/sky. It is he that sitteth above the circle of the earth and the inhabitants are like grasshoppers, that stretched out the heavens as a curtain and spread them out as a tent to dwell in. (Isaish 40:22)
Then God commanded let lights appear in the sky to separate day from night.(genesis 14) So God made two great lights, the sun to rule over the day and the moon to rule over the night. He made the stars also. He placed the lights in the sky to shine on the earth. BAM!!!!!! Thats why we see them because they are just above earth/us. Not thousands, millions trillions of miles away. Its all trash from the text books. We do not live on a…
Hi. How about getting real for a while? You quote the bible like a jihadist might quote the qouran. Science is also something you do not seem to agree with. Why is that?
Not an easy road, Have you ever try pouring very hot sand over your head
If not you should, that will help your single brain function properly. 
This 5.6 earthquake can cause multiple devastations in a flat range country especially with high rise building.
This earth wake was strong enough to cause devastations because Dominica is a mountainous island so the mountains prevented devastations.At least we can say the mountains is a blessing from God.
where did you go to school ? behind of the chalk board ? you ever heard of a mountainous country by the name of NEPAl?
@tracy Daniel You’re such an idiot.Incase you have a smart phone google find out what’s It called when an island has multiple hills,Fool Incase you have no idea Dominica has more than one mountain.A fool with no agenda.
Since when does Nepal have hurricanes and tropical storms? The fact that DA has mountains serves as a protection, otherwise, things would be worse. Maria was re-routed to hit DA in the manner that it did. Look up weather weaponization, hurricanes.
I am afraid for Dominica because when the Prime Minister has the heart to stave his citizens from hearing information concerning a pending storm, simply because he wants to punish them for supporting the opposition and for listening to Q95, is nothing short of crime against his citizens. Matters of National Security should not be politicized and no one should punish his opponents by denying them of the information that could help them stay safe during a storm . By Skerrit’ refusal to invite Q95 to carry his press briefing in my view is very malicious, and I a forced to conclude that the PM was either hoping that for lark of knoledge listeners of Q95 would not be ready for the storm or, instead of staying home they would go to work or out and get arrested for violating any curfew put in place. Skerrit is not only pm of his supporters but of all of us and he has a responsibility to keep all of us safe. To victimize a few with national security information really speaks volume
Floods, Hurricanes, Earthquakes;…….what next volcanoes, tsunamis, riots and terrorism ? Let us pray for Jesus to bless us with safety, protection and defense from all disasters, natural and manmade.
Let us reflect on the extent of damage caused by natural disasters recently. Then compare them to what Erica and Maria did in Dominica. When I look at what Harvey did in Texas (Houston and Rockport), and what Maria did in Puerto Rico , I must conclude that its only the devine protection of Jesus that prevented Dominica from being completely wiped out. Everyone and everything could have been destroyed. A cat 5 direct hit and we survived……That was a devine miracle. So let us recognize His love and protection and give thanks and praise . Let us not stray from Jesus anymore but live in his grace and favour. Amen.
Mathew 8:27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
According to this he(Jesus) seem to have power over the weather, so you need to ask yourself some questions.
Maybe God is speaking to those who will listen,asking us to repent,calling on Christ who died for us.the question is.Will you escape the wrath to come?
J-John -Charles. There is no doubt or maybe. He is talking to all of us through Nature. The blind can see, the death can hear the signs. Eyes can to opened wider to behold the signs of Nature, but we are turning our backs. We see the signs of global warming and climate change and pollution, but we ignore them and pretend they don’t exist. Yes our Lord God Jesus is talking to us. BUT we are no listening.
Glad to hear you all are doing well
Thank God no one got hurt and no damage. But boy now I afraid because truly the constant FAiR in DA these days is like what Iraqis experienced during the US invasion a few years ago to get rid of Saddam Hussain. Now we don’t know when we will be attacked and how. It’s like ready or not missiles are directed at us. We just prepared for TS Kirk, where the evil PM plotted his evil and destructive plan against us the supporters of UWP, as if he wanted us to be in harm’s way so we could be killed. I say so because Skerrit knows over 10,000 of us cry foul over his evils and we don’t listen to his propaganda on DBS and kaire, and we only listen to Q95. For the man to have press briefings concerning an expected storm and ensured that Q95 was not invited, is nothing more than evil. When it’s your politics it’s alright to not reach out to Q95 but when you dealing with national security issues, as the PM you must try to make sure everyone gets the information. PM your evil plot will cost…
OMG! What going on? First let me take this moment to thank the Lord that so far we have no reports of damage, injuries or death. That in itself is a big blessing! But folks we have to be able to give ear to what is happening you know. I mean we were under storm watch all night and as a result, our schools were closed, no work and we were asked to stay home. In other words we did what we could to stay safe. But at 8:00 am we became free again as the storm watch was discontinued. But see that nou, a 5.2 earth quake we were not expecting and definitely cannot protect ourselves from, snatched on us as a thief in the night. Do we take these things lightly and say is because of our geographic location? Boy let me advise all those who truly fear God and hate the unrighteousness, the division, the victimization and high level of ungodliness Skerrit has brought to Dominica, to try to leave this country so that Skerrit and those who support his evil can face the wrath they truly deserve.
That is not the ungodliness of one man. That is the ungodliness of all men, of all of us all over the world. Crime, violence, hatred, wars, terror, disasters and death from illness is on the increase. Trouble is all over the world because we are turning away from God. Think of the forty days and forty nights of rain, or the Jews taking 400 years to reach Israel from Egypt, a one day march. ALL because people were turning away from God. We need His protection constantly. We are sliding away from the embrace of his love. Nature have a way of warning us but we blinded by our Education. Man is experiencing a revolution in knowledge and high technology which we are propping up like a golden calf . We choose and decide to slide away in our detachment. If we continue we will be destroyed. Return to me says Jesus and I will give you rest . “I alone Your Lord and your God will keep you safe, will protect and defend you, I promise you”, he says.
@Take Warning You are talking pure Bull crap. The bible say no hiding place down there, so if we run to the hills or another country it will be the same ca. We can’t live life thinking that everything that happens is because of Skerrit. Skerrit has his own life to live, to protect his family etc. Why don’t you forgive him? the wrath or Yahweh shall be upon all those who don’t try to come together and stop spreading propaganda and hate. Listen to pastor Rodney in the morning on Q95 (6:00AM – 7:00AM) and all his talk is about the government in parables. so please!!! Yahweh is the rock and our hiding place. Let us examine ourselves first.
It’s good to know that there was no reported damage. Hope that these natural phenomena will give Dominica a break. God is ever present, ever faithful, ever sure.
There may be no visible damage but likely structural damage that weaken foundations and joints. Some cracks are so impectible that they cannot be seen with the naked eye and over time they widen and invite moisture…and in the event of another tremor our buildings might tumble down.
Here we go another expert preaching doom and gloom for Dominica.
Felt all over Martinique very impressive