Saint Lucia rattled by ‘burst’ of eight earthquake tremors in nine minutes

Saint Lucia was struck by a “burst” of earthquakes on Monday, but disaster officials said there were no reports of injuries or damages.

The National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) said that it had been informed by the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Unit (SRC) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) that the island had been hit by eight tremors during a nine minute period.

It said the largest of the tremors was located at 13.84°N and 61.06°W with a magnitude was 2.3 and a depth 17km.

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