KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sep. 16, CMC – Sections of the Corporate Area and the neighbouring parish of St. Catherine were rocked by an earthquake on Sunday afternoon.
According to the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) , it had not received reports of damage.
“We are aware of the earthquake…however the ODPEM and the Earthquake Unit will continue to monitor the situation and provide on update once it becomes available,” the agency said in a post on its twitter page.
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he Gleaner reported meanwhile, the tremor was felt mainly in Old Harbour, Portmore and Spanish Town in St Catherine, as well as Kingston and St Andrew, according to the Earthquake Unit.
However, callers to our newsroom from as far away as Clarendon and St Mary reported feeling the tremors.
The United States Geological Survey in its report said the earthquake with a magnitude of 3.3, had a depth of 10 kilometres and was centered in Riversdale, St. Catherine.
Later reports from the Jamiaca Observer headlines the shake as a Light 4.6 magnitude earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6, felt in the Corporate Area and St Catherine at 1:47 this afternoon.
The tremor had a focal depth of 23.1 kilometres, the unit reported.
Meanwhile, The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, says it has, so far, not received reports of damage.
Many social media users across the Corporate Area, St Catherine and Clarendon have confirmed feeling the tremor, while others as far away as Falmouth in Trelawny, and some in St Ann, have reported the earthquake.
