A 4.6 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Barbados, St. Vincent And The Grenadines and St. Lucia Early This Morning

BRIDGETOWN — People in Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and St. Lucia were rattled by a 4.6 magnitude earthquake early this morning.

The ‘quake struck about 73 miles west-southwest of Barbados and about 46 miles from St. Vincent and Grenadines, the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Center said.

The tremors happened about 1:13 a.m. Wednesday, according to the UWI-SRC.

Researchers said the earthquake occurred at latitude 12.84 north and longitude 60.64 west at a depth of 13.67 miles underground.

The SRC said the quake happened about 46 miles southeast of Kingstown, St. Vincent and The Grenadines; about 73 miles west-southwest of Bridgetown, Barbados and about 85 miles south-southwest of Castries, St. Lucia.

If you felt this earthquake, please tell UWI: (http://uwiseismic.com/EarthquakeFeedback.aspx)

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.