Residents check the damages on their apartment building in the St. George parish, central Barbados, after a powerful earthquake rocked the eastern Caribbean on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007. The earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.4, was centered 26 miles (42 kilometers) southeast of Roseau, the capital of Dominica, where the shaking lasted for about 20 seconds. The quake was felt hundreds of miles away in Puerto Rico to the west, and Venezuela and Suriname to the south. [Agencies]

A collapsed roof is seen in a commercial area of Fort-de-France, Martinique, after a powerful earthquake rocked the eastern Caribbean on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007. The earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.4, was centered 26 miles, 42 kilometers, southeast of Roseau, the capital of Dominica, where the shaking lasted for about 20 seconds. The quake was felt hundreds of miles, kilometers, away in Puerto Rico to the west, and Venezuela and Suriname to the south. [Agencies]

A collapsed roof and debris litter a commercial area in Fort-de-France, Martinique, after a powerful earthquake rocked the eastern Caribbean, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007. The earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.4, was centered 26 miles (42 kilometers) southeast of Roseau, the capital of Dominica, where the shaking lasted for about 20 seconds. [Agencies]