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Caribbean Earthquake: Largest Recorded in the Region

source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,313921,00.html

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The 7.3 magnitude earthquake which rocked much of the Caribbean yesterday afternoon is said to be the largest recorded in the region in historic times.

According to the UWI Seismic Research unit, "The event was reported as widely felt throughout most of the Caribbean from Jamaica to Guyana."

Some islanders reported feeling tremors lasting up to a minute.

According to the BBC Caribbean website, "French police said it caused buildings to collapse in Martinique and Guadeloupe."

In Barbados, the phone system was briefly affected, while in St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Dominica there was said to be minor structural damage and/or broken furniture.

Damage assessment is still being carried out on other islands.

Initial reports indicate there were no casualties as a result of the quake.

However officials have said that a British citizen died of a heart attack in Martinique during the quake.

"There are no threats of a tsunami from this event."

CNN has reported that "shaking from the quake was picked up by a seismograph in California, which registered a magnitude 6.0 quake near Chico, California. But seismologists found no quake had occurred in California -- the instrument was reacting to reverberations from the Martinique quake."
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