Two morning quakes off Venezuela

TWO EARTHQUAKES occurred off the north east coast of Venezuela within hours of each other today.

Just before 7 a.m., the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre recorded the first quake 67km east north east of Carúpano; some 126km west of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

It was a magnitude of 5.0.

At 8:53 a.m., the second quake, with a magnitude of 4.2, was recorded 90km north ease of Carúpano, 115km west north west of Port of Spain. (SAT)