Tremor felt in parts of St. Lucia and neighboring islands

By SNO Staff

December 28, 2015

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A 5.5 magnitude earthquake shook portions of the Lesser Antilles at 2.55 am Monday morning.

The earthquake, whose epicenter was 9km north of Martinique, shook sections of Martinique, Dominica and St. Lucia.

According to the University of the West Indies’ Seismic Research Centre (SRC), the earthquake’s focus was at a depth of 147 km, 9km northwest of Fort-de-France in Martinique.

This was 69 km north northwest of Castries, St. Lucia, and 78 km south southeast of Roseau, Dominica.

No damage to property or injuries have been reported.

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6 comments

Boujon Guiyave
January 4, 2016 at 6:22 PM

These are felt in St Lucia rather often these days I find.

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Shame on us
December 29, 2015 at 11:32 AM

Felt it in massade gros islet

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cb
December 29, 2015 at 11:13 AM

felt it in ciceron

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meh
December 28, 2015 at 8:27 PM

felt it in micoud

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curious
December 28, 2015 at 8:25 PM

I felt it in Beausoliel, Saltibus. It lasted about 2-3 minutes.

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Starry
December 28, 2015 at 4:12 PM

Felt it in La-Guerre Babonneau

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