M6.1 earthquake near Scarborough, Tobago

What happened

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck 33 km NW of Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago on 2 Apr 1997, 06:14 UTC at a depth of 45 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Strong. Can cause damage in populated areas up to tens of kilometres away. This was a shallow earthquake, which tends to be felt more strongly at the surface.

The nearest town in our records is Scarborough, about 34 km away in Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago.