Quake hits off Cayman Islands
January 19, 2010 -- Updated 1813 GMT (0213 HKT)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
* No immediate reports of injuries after earthquake off Cayman Islands
* "There was quite a bit of shaking," says shop manager in George Town, Cayman Islands
* U.K. territory in Caribbean about 600 miles west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti
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* Earthquakes
* Cayman Islands
* Caribbean
(CNN) -- A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Tuesday off the Cayman Islands, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The 6.2-mile deep quake hit at 9:23 a.m. ET, 40 miles from George Town, Cayman Islands, the USGS reported. George Town, the capital, is on the western shore of Grand Cayman Island.
There were no immediate reports of injuries in the three-island chain in the Caribbean.