A magnitude 5.0 earthquake occurred to the east of Saint Lucia at 12:01 am (04:01 am UTC) on 7 August 2011. Initial estimates from the US Geological Survey locate the epicentre of the event at 13.84ºN, 60.31ºW, and at a depth of 38km.
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck the southwestern parts of Jamaica at 15:07:07 UTC on 16 May 2011. Initial estimates from the US Geological Survey locate the epicentre of the event at 17.897°N, 77.895°W and the provisional depth assigned to the event is 31.6 km. This location puts the event 62km south of Montego Bay and 117km west of the capital, Kingston.
This report provides an update on the final phase of Tropical Cyclone Tomas and its impact on CCRIF territories in the Northern Caribbean. After impacting the eastern Caribbean on 30 and 31 October as the 12th Hurricane of the 2010 Tropical Atlantic Hurricane season
Invest91, an area of disturbed weather which developed to the southeast of the eastern Caribbean during the last week of October was designated Tropical Storm Tomas at 5pm local time (Eastern Caribbean, GMT/UTC -4 hours) on 29 October and then was upgraded to Hurricane status at 11am local time on 30 October.
Event Briefing, 25 October 2010 - Tropical Cyclone Richard began as a tropical wave on 13 October 2010 over the northern coast of Venezuela. By 19 October the system had strengthened into a broad area of low-level circulation and eventually became the 19th Tropical Depression of the season on 20 October.
Event Briefing, 8 October 2010 - Tropical Cyclone Nicole emerged in the northwestern Caribbean Sea on 28 September as a disorganised area of cloudiness and thunderstorms and was partially related to the remnants of Tropical Storm Matthew and a monsoonal low pressure system present in the area.
Event Briefing, 4 October 2010 - Tropical Cyclone Matthew formed on 23 September 2010 and was the fifteenth tropical cyclone and thirteenth named storm of the 2010 Tropical Atlantic Hurricane Season. At its maximum intensity in the southwestern Caribbean Sea, Matthew was associated with 60 mph winds and a sea-level pressure of 998 mbar.
Event Briefing, 21 September 2010 - Tropical Cyclone Igor began as a classic Cape Verde-type system, emerging off the coast of West Africa on 6 September as a large area of low pressure. The system quickly organised into a Tropical Depression on 8 September, strengthening to a Tropical Storm on 10 September and becoming a Hurricane the following day.
Event Briefing, 7 September 2010 - Fiona began as an area of unstable weather off the coast of Africa during the 4th week of August. She eventually became a Tropical Storm on 30 August but struggled to develop any further as a result of the high wind shear associated with Tropical Cyclone Earl, which was moving north ahead of Fiona.
Event Briefing, 31 August 2010 - Tropical Cyclone Danielle started life as Tropical Depression Six on 21 August in the mid-Tropical Atlantic, becoming a Tropical Storm the following day and a Hurricane the day after that.
