A magnitude 4.7 earthquake was recorded Thursday evening in the northern Leeward Islands region, according to the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre.
The quake occurred at 6:46 p.m. local time at a depth of 10 kilometres and was located approximately 236 kilometres north-northwest of Antigua and Barbuda.
It was also measured about 209 kilometres north of Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, and 263 kilometres north of Brades, Montserrat.
There were no immediate reports of damage or impacts in Antigua and Barbuda.
The Seismic Research Centre noted that the event was automatically generated by computer algorithms and remains preliminary, with details subject to revision following further analysis.
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These occurrence are too often for my liking
The earth is like a ball of Jello constantly moving. If you go to site like USGS which records movement constantly and in real time, you will see that there are events below 3 on the seismic scale. every day, every hour, many places across the earth, including our area. the Caribbean is a tectonic plate itself interfacing with plates on the North. South, East and West and of such is subject to interactions on all sides. So movement is expected and minor events are not unusual.
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