A robust 7.6 magnitude earthquake within the Caribbean Sea Saturday evening, north of Honduras and southwest of the Cayman Islands, briefly triggered tsunami alerts that have been later lifted.
The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the earthquake occurred at round 6:23 p.m. Japanese 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 evening that based mostly on “the newest modeling and data, the tsunami menace has handed” for your entire area.
No alerts have been issued for the mainland U.S.
In the course of 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 impression occasion shouldn’t be anticipated, as a security measure nobody needs to be within the water till additional discover. It is very important observe official data and keep away from the unfold of rumors,” Puerto Rico Seismic Community director Ángel Vázquez defined.
There have been no reviews of harm from the earthquake itself, the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service informed CBS Information.
As of late Saturday evening, a minimum of 326 individuals reported feeling the quake to the USGS.
