On Saturday 28th February, 2015 at 8:28am local time, an earthquake occurred west of Dominica, the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre (UWISRC) has reported.

According to the report, the event was located at 15.42°N and 61.22°W. The magnitude was 4.8 and the depth was 124km. There were no felt reports thus far. Please note that these results are preliminary and may vary when additional data is processed, UWI SRC said.