A robust 7.6 magnitude earthquake within the Caribbean Sea Saturday night time, north of Honduras and southwest of the Cayman Islands, briefly triggered tsunami alerts that had been later lifted.
The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the earthquake occurred at round 6:23 p.m. Jap Time, with an epicenter about 129 miles southwest of George City, the capital of the Cayman Islands, and 372 miles west of Kingston, Jamaica.
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A short while later, the U.S. Nationwide Tsunami Warning Middle issued a tsunami advisory for Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands. The advisory for these islands was later canceled.
The warning middle additionally reported what it described as a “tsunami menace” for Cuba, Honduras and the Cayman Islands. Nonetheless, it introduced later Saturday night time that primarily based on “the most recent modeling and data, the tsunami menace has handed” for the complete area.
No alerts had been issued for the mainland U.S.
Throughout the uncertainty that adopted the earthquake, native authorities within the Cayman Islands and Puerto Rico warned residents to remain out of the water.
“Though a excessive affect occasion shouldn’t be anticipated, as a security measure nobody ought to be within the water till additional discover. You will need to comply with official data and keep away from the unfold of rumors,” Puerto Rico Seismic Community director Ángel Vázquez defined.
There have been no reviews of injury from the earthquake itself, the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service advised CBS Information.
As of late Saturday night time, at the least 326 individuals reported feeling the quake to the USGS.
