Magnitude 5.2 earthquake strikes 22 km NNW of Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck today, July 20, 2026, at 09:45:10.282 UTC, centered 22 kilometers NNW of Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported the seismic event's coordinates at 11.3742 latitude and -60.8041 longitude.

The earthquake occurred at a depth of 83.51 kilometers. The USGS, a scientific agency of the United States government, monitors and reports on earthquakes globally, providing data on their magnitude, location, depth, and time of occurrence to inform the public and scientific communities.

Magnitude, a measure of an earthquake's size, is determined from seismograms — the records of ground motion created by seismic waves. Depth refers to how far below the Earth's surface the earthquake originated. The reported time reflects the moment the earthquake began at its source according to the Coordinated Universal Time standard.