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An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 rattled Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday, sending an already frightened population out of building into the streets.<\/p>

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The Seismic Research centre (SRC) of the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), said that the quake, which occurred at 9.27 am local time, followed Tuesday\u2019s major earthquake that registered 7.3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday\u2019s quake was located Latitude: 10.60N, Longitude: 62.87W and at a depth of 80 km.<\/p>

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It was felt 40 km east south east of Car\u00fapano, Venezuela and 100 km north north east of \u00a0Matur\u00edn, Venezuela<\/p>

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\u201cNo tsunami warning or watch has been issued related to this morning\u2019s 5.9 aftershock. Please ignore any \u201cinformation\u201d to this effect,\u201d the SRC said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several building here have suffered structural damage as a result of Tuesday\u2019s massive quake and the SRC has warned Trinidad and Tobago to be on the alert for many more aftershocks.<\/p>

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Several buildings have been damaged in the north-west including the capital, Port of Spain, causing two government offices to remain closed, one small house collapsed, about half a dozen cars crushed by falling walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There have been no reports of deaths or injuries as a result of the tremors<\/p>

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