Published 10 January 2018
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
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BREAKING: 7.6 magnitude earthquake shakes the Caribbean Sea, tsunami advisories issued.
January 09, 2018; 10:10 PM
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook the Caribbean Sea early Tuesday night with hazardous tsunami waves possible.
The earthquake occurred west of Jamaica at a depth of just 6.2 miles (10 km).
Published 8 January 2018
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
Call for CARICOM states to tackle climate change prevent total annihilation of their economies
Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 8, 2018 – CARICOM states must tackle climate change with courage and realism to prevent total annihilation of their economies.
Jamaica’s opposition Peoples National Party (PNP) parliamentarian Hon. Lisa Hanna addressing over 600 patrons at the 18th annual New Year’s Gala hosted by former Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas said climate change “is real and potentially destructive and a destructive issue for all who call the Caribbean home.”
“Climate change has serious implications for small island developing states in CARICOM and must be tackled with courage and realism. All of us could face a total annihilation of our economies if we do not tackle this fight,” she said.
Published 8 January 2018
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Bloomberg Names St Kitts Top Caribbean Destination
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, Sunday January 7, 2018 – St Kitts is the only Caribbean destination among the 22 ‘hot spots’ selected by Bloomberg from across the globe in its Where to Go in 2018.
Published 24 December 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
Strong tremor jolts St. Kitts and Nevis
Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 24, 2017 – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 rocked St Kitts and Nevis Sunday morning, but there are no reports of injuries or damage.
Published 24 December 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
UWI, SRC – Automatic Earthquake Location
DATE AND TIME:
2017-12-24 11:12 am (Local Time)
2017-12-24 15:12 (UTC)
MAGNITUDE:
5.8
LOCATION:
Latitude: 18.23N
Longitude: 62.81W
Depth: 68 km
NEARBY CITIES:
103 km N of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
163 km NW of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda
261 km NW of Point-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
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.
Earthquake was just felt moment ago in the Carribbean
Here are some response.
Buckie Got It… comment “Was felt here in st Pauls. Lasted abt 30 secs and it was moderately strong..Just a few mins ago
Horrible. THE WORST A FELT IN YEARS. I hope nobody get a heart attack over this earthquake….
Yes it was around 11:13…Things fell from my table
I feel it I sitting n I just feel mi bottom a shake
I felt it and I in Rams
