Last night Trinidad & Tobago felt its eight earthquake is as many days, but in the case of the preceding tremors, there were no reports of damages or injury. The latest quake was a magnitude of 4.4 according to the research center inside St Augustine Campus in Trinidad. The quake was felt  at least 113 km west of San Fernando, Trinidad and as far as 86 km northeast and 106 km of Venezuela.

Why have they been so many earthquakes felt in the past week, especially in the Gulf of Paria area the research  center says “The south-east corner of the Caribbean plate, where Trinidad lies, is a very active seismic region and we expect activity in the Gulf of Paria, which is on the western side of Trinidad, to be elevated as the area settles after the magnitude 6.9 event in August.”

“These events do not necessarily indicate a big event may happen soon or that the energy from these events will lessen the chances of a larger magnitude event from occurring,” it added. Noting that the region is known to have produced large magnitude earthquakes in the past and will do so in the future, the SRC stressed that preparedness is a “necessary part of living with the earthquake hazard”.