The Leeward Islands in the Caribbean were shaken by a powerful magnitude 6.0 earthquake on Saturday morning. The epicenter was measured about 43.5 miles (70.1 kilometers) from the village of Codrington on the island of Barbuda at around 10:50 a.m. local time.There is no threat of a tsunami at this time.
The Leeward Islands in the Caribbean were shaken by a powerful magnitude 6.0 earthquake on Saturday morning.
The epicenter was measured about 43.5 miles (70.1 kilometers) from the village of Codrington on the island of Barbuda at around 10:50 a.m. local time.
Magnitude 6.0 earthquake shakes Caribbean islands
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According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), shakes were reported as far west as Puerto Rico and as far south as Martinique.
There is no threat of a tsunami at this time.
Since 2016, there have now been four magnitude 6.0 or higher earthquakes to rattle the Lesser Antilles, and 30 since 1900.
The record is a magnitude 7.5 quake in October 1974.
West Indies, Antigua and Barbuda: aerial view of the marina of Antigua, south of the island. On the right, Falmouth Harbor.
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According to the FOX Forecast Center, the group of islands lies on a fault line where the North and South American plates subduct beneath the Caribbean plate, which has led to the creation of many of the islands themselves.
Subduction is a process in which a tectonic plate slides beneath another and sinks into the Earth’s mantle.
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