A 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit the Cayman Islands yesterday a week after massive tremors devastated the island nation of Haiti.

No injuries or damages were reported.

The 6.2 mile deep quake hit 40 miles from the island's capital, George Town, at 9.23 a.m., causing buildings to shake.

Bermudian Sarah Graham lives in South Sound, Grand Cayman with her husband Chris and three-year-old son Owen.

The former Paget resident was in George Town when the earthquake hit.

Mrs. Graham said: "I work in a building called the Cayman Corporate Centre on the fourth floor. Being on the fourth floor, the higher you are up, the more you feel.

"We had quite severe shaking and there was a fair bit of noise. Nothing fell to the ground.

"We had a tremor and then it poured for a second, then another tremor, slightly longer. By the second, people began to realise that it was an earthquake and left the building."

Despite having lived through worse, she said she was still frightened.

"I have experienced a few earthquakes here before. One in 2004 [measured] 6.8 and then a couple of little earthquakes.

"I knew this was pretty significant. We all headed straight out of the building to the car park.

"I think everybody in every major building made their way outside. I think with what's happened in Haiti made it more scary."

In the aftermath of yesterday's tremors, Mrs. Graham said cell phone service was disrupted as lines became congested with calls to family and friends.

"Because I couldn't reach my husband or my little boy's school, I drove straight to the school. The school was fine.

"The school had put out an announcement saying parents could collect their kids. Word started getting out on the radio."

The Bermuda High School for Girls alumna said the actual earthquake lasted five seconds in comparison to Haiti's 35 seconds. "It feels long. The short of shock on people's faces was quite apparent," she added.

The only damage she noticed in George Town, was a sink hole that spanned 20 feet.

"I think we're fortunate here that the buildings are fine," she said. "Many of them are hurricane resistant.

"We're lucky that we don't have damage with an earthquake of this size but you never want to test it. It's scary."

Mrs. Graham said people were back at work and everything was back to normal by early afternoon.