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EARTHQUAKE! – 6.8 Magnitude

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Published 21 August, 2018

Buckie got it St Kitts And Nevis News Source

By : Media Source

 EARTHQUAKE! – 6.8 Magnitude

Trinidad and Tobago and the region has been jolted by a massive earthquake.

The quake happened at about 5.31 p.m. and lasted for almost a minute.

The country has been stunned.

THE region and possibly Trinidad and Tobago are still long overdue for a great earthquake and …

People have begun reporting buildings rocking and items falling off shelves.

Some people fled their homes, as car alarms sounded and water sloshed around in swimming pools.

Several office buildings were evacuated.

The tremor, centred in Venezuela, also shook other Caribbean islands and parts of South America.

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quake

This is the initial report from the Seismic Research Unit

UWI, SRC – Automatic Earthquake Location

DATE AND TIME:

2018-08-21 5:31 pm (Local Time)

2018-08-21 21:31 (UTC)

MAGNITUDE:

6.8

 

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