The UWI Seismic Research Centre (SRC) reported a magnitude 4.0 earthquake early Friday morning, located east of Antigua and Barbuda.

According to the automatic earthquake location data, the tremor occurred at 2:13 a.m. local time (06:13 UTC) at a depth of 10 kilometres, with coordinates 16.54°N, 59.54°W.

The quake’s epicentre was approximately 264 kilometres east-southeast of St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda; 247 kilometres northeast of Roseau, Dominica; and 224 kilometres east of Point-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.

SRC noted that the event’s location was automatically generated and may be revised after further analysis. No reports of damage or injuries have been received.