Saturday, May 9, 2026

Early morning quake

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The University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre recorded an earthquake of 4.2 magnitude off the southwest coast of Barbados on Saturday.

The tremor was recorded at 6:52 a.m. at a depth of 10k.

It was 51km off the coast of Barbados, 160km to the east southeast of Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines and about 191km south east of Castries, St Lucia. (SAT)

 

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