Earthquakes occurs near Dominica this morning

The Office of Disaster Management has confirmed the occurrence of an earthquake at about 11:10 am this morning that was reportedly felt by some members of the public.

According to ODM Director, Fitzroy Pascal, this information was reported by the Seismic Research Centre which is responsible for earthquake monitoring throughout the Caribbean.  He said the information indicated that the earthquake was of magnitude 3.9  approximately 54 kilometres north of Roseau and 1o kilometres deep.

“There were no reports of local impact to persons or property by this earthquake,” Pascal stated.

He said the Office of Disaster Management continues to work closely with the Seismic Research Centre in Trinidad in order to keep the public informed.

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2 Comments

  1. up den dung
    December 30, 2019

    The earthquake is going around looking for a Big House somewhere in town.

  2. The EVil one
    December 30, 2019

    Since after the thing Skerrit and his family labor party did on December 6, Dominica has been constantly under the attack of earthquake. In fact this is the 5th one in the last week alone and I often wonder if they are early warning signs of things to come. Throughout the election campaign and even in Skerrit’s so called thank you meetings, l heard Skerrit and DLP candidates selling Skerrit as the “disaster pm” who knows how to stand up to disaster as if he is God. So who knows, if God is not about to teach him a lesson like he often taught the Pharaoh’s? Another thing Skerrit and the DLP use to boast and lie about was about making Dominica first resilient country of the world with buildings and bridges that can stand up to category 5 storms as if it was category 5: hurricane that destroyed our bridges and villages. Skerrit Erika was a tropical storm and was not a category 5 hurricane! I hope you a ready for earthquake and flood water because they coming your way you Evil one

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