A 5.5-magnitude earthquake caused shaking across Puerto Rico on Friday afternoon.  The quake’s epicenter was off the far southwestern coast of Puerto Rico, about 6.4 miles southwest of Guanica, according to the United States Geological Survey.  It struck at a […]

Strongest in the region in more than a year By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados, St Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago were shaken by a 6.4-magnitude earthquake on Thursday morning, according to data from the United States Geological Survey. The […]

Above: a graphic of the quake (USGS graphic) By the Caribbean Journal staff A 4.6-magnitude earthquake caused shaking across St Lucia and Martinique on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake struck at around 10:16 AM local […]

Above: a map of the Nepal earthquake By the Caribbean Journal staff Tragedy struck Nepal this weekend, with the country’s worth earthquake in almost a century killing more than 1,800 people. The earthquake struck Nepal on Saturday, according to the United […]