An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 struck of the south western coast of Cuba at 08:43:06 UTC on 15 September 2011. Located at 19.563°N, 78.008°W at a depth of 5 km according to the USGS estimate, the event occurred offshore to the northwest of Jamaica, the closest CCRIF member country. This made the event epicentre 122km north of Montego Bay. There were no reports of damage or loss in Jamaica as a result of this event.
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake occurred in the offshore Martinique region of the Windward Islands on 9 September 2011 at 10:11:24 UTC. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the estimated coordinates for this event were 14.956°N, 61.310°W with the event having an estimated depth of 150.6km. The closest CCRIF member country affected was Dominica, with estimations placing the earthquake epicentre approximately 38km SSE of the capital Roseau.
In mid-August 2011, a westward moving tropical wave entered the Caribbean Sea. It eventually gained enough organisation to be classified as Tropical Depression Eight on 18 August. As reported by the National Hurricane Centre (NHC), this system evolved into a Tropical Storm on 19 August at approximately 0600 UTC when it was situated 250km east of Roatan, Honduras. Now officially recognised as the eighth cyclone of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, the name Harvey was assigned to this storm.
As reported by the National Hurricane Centre (NHC), Tropical Cyclone Irene was named as a Tropical Storm east of Dominica on 20 August 2011 and became a Hurricane on 22 August. It is the ninth recognised Tropical Cyclone of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season.
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.