Jamaica should be on alert for the possibility of a major earthquake following yesterday morning’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti, killing over 300 persons, injuring several others and causing massive damage.

“Yes, we are at risk of a major earthquake because this quake, just like the one in Haiti 11 years ago, is on the same fault line that runs along the south-west of Haiti and comes into Jamaica,” seismologist and research director at the Earthquake Unit, Professor Simon Mitchell, told The Sunday Gleaner.

He cautioned, however, that, “It doesn’t mean we are going to get one immediately, but we should be very much aware that we have not had a large earthquake here along that fault line since 1907.”