On Sunday 17th April at 1:13 am, a 5.6 earthquake shook the eastern rim of the Caribbean near Antigua and Barbuda. Several aftershocks were also recorded, including a magnitude 4.8 aftershock, at approximately one hour after the main shock. Fortunately, no greater than light shaking was felt. On Friday a magnitude 5.8 earthquake occurred north east of Antigua and Barbuda. The events were reported as felt from Trinidad & Tobago to St. Kitts, Nevis. Even though the Lesser Antilles is one of the most seismically active portions of the Caribbean, over the last century, few earthquakes have exceeded magnitude 7.0. The region does have the potential to experience damaging earthquakes.
