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GEORGE TOWN (Cayman Islands) – A 5.8-Magnitude earthquake shook the Cayman Islands yesterday, US geologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.Frantic locals poured out of buildings into the streets after homes and office buildings took a solid jolt.‘It really shook me right through to the soul of my body,Cheap Jerseys China,’ one government employee told AFP. Tremors were felt across most of the island. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake, with a depth of some 10km (6 miles),Cheap Jerseys For Sale, struck the Caribbean island at 1423 GMT (10.23pm Singapore time).McClearly Frederick with Hazard Management Cayman Islands said,Discount Football Jerseys, however, it was not considered a major temblor.‘No injuries have been reported and there have been no reports of damage to buildings. Business and schools have remained open and residents have resumed their normal daily routines,’ the department of tourism said in a statement.The quake was centered in the Caribbean Sea about 40 miles east-southeast of the capital,Cheap NFL Jerseys, George Town, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.The government fielded about 100 emergency calls from islanders,Cheap NFL Jerseys, some of whom evacuated buildings and wondered if it was safe to go back inside, said Emergency Communications Center manager Brent Finster.The earthquake also slightly disrupted phone service.In the Turks and Caicos Islands, 560 miles to the northeast, scores of parents worried about a possible tsunami rushed to pick their children up from schools, officials said.Despite assurances that there was no threat of a tsunami, some Haitian parents insisted on taking their children home, saying they had already lost loved ones in last week’s 7.0-magnitude earthquake that killed an estimated 200,000 people in Haiti.“I hear that there is an earthquake threat, and I am not leaving here until I get my children,” said Sonson Jean,Cheap Hockey Jerseys, who has two sons attending a local high school.The Cayman’s last quake, which registered 6.8 magnitude, occurred in December 2004. The USGS said the quake, one of several to hit South America and the Caribbean in recent days, struck some 52km east-south-east of Bodden Town on Grand Cayman.

A man said to be a clothes vendor was not required to plead when he was read the capital charge of murder and was remanded to prison yesterday. He allegedly murdered a man,Wholesale Hockey Jerseys 2018, by stabbing the man in the buttock.Nigel Abrahams, 46, of 310 Craig East Bank Demerara,NFL Jerseys China, was refused bail yesterday by acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.It is alleged on October 19 at Cornhill Street,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, Stabroek, the accused murdered Xuan Husler a vendor in the area.He was not required to plead but in his defense he told the court he is not guilty of murder.However,China Jerseys, prosecutor Kevin London stated that Abrahams and Husler sells clothing together at the market.“The deceased went to the accused to ask for $40 and the accused denied to give,Wholesale China Jerseys,” London said. An argument reportedly broke out when Abrahams ran behind Husler with a bottle.Husler returned with a cutlass and a bottle with which he pelted Abrahams.Husler then started fire chops at Abrahams hitting him on his arm. “A scuffle reportedly started and that is when the accused stabbed the deceased to his buttock.The accused turned up at the station to make a report where he was informed that Husler had died and he was arrested and charged”.Bail was refused and he is expected to return to court on November 5.