#AMMayhem EARTHQUAKE ROCKS SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN<br /><br />A powerful earthquake that shook eastern Venezuela was also felt in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) and other Caribbean islands at approximately 5.30 pm. yesterday.<br /><br />The U.S. Geological Survey put the magnitude of Tuesday's quake at 7.3 and said it had a depth of 76 miles. Its epicentre was 12 miles (20 kilometres) northwest of Yaguaraparo, Venezuela.<br /><br />Locally, the quake sent persons in SVG into a panic. Persons gathered at the Murray’s Height Hotel in McKies Hill for the Carnival Development Corporation’s (CDC) prize giving ceremony hurried from the building in a panic spurred by the incessant shaking.
