M6.7 earthquake near Scarborough, Tobago

What happened

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck 18 km WSW of Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago on 22 Apr 1997, 09:31 UTC at a depth of 5 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 19 km away in Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago.