7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes Caribbean Sea, tsunami warning issued
A powerful earthquake has struck the Caribbean Sea. Its magnitude was 7.6 on the Richter scale. Authorities have issued a tsunami warning after the powerful earthquake.
Indian media outlet NDTV reported in a report that the earthquake struck north of Honduras, about 130 miles (209 kilometers) off the coast of the Cayman Islands on Saturday evening local time.
Citing US monitoring agencies, the media outlet reported that a powerful earthquake measuring 7.6 on the magnitude shook the Caribbean Sea on Saturday evening local time.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said that the earthquake struck at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) below the surface. A tsunami warning has been issued for the Caribbean Sea and north of Honduras after the earthquake.
The US Tsunami Warning Center said no tsunami was expected along the US Atlantic or Gulf coasts after the earthquake, but it issued a tsunami warning for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the quake was likely to generate a tsunami within 620 miles of the coast of the Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Cuba, Mexico, Honduras, the Bahamas, Belize, Haiti, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua and Guatemala.
This is not the first time a powerful earthquake has struck the Caribbean Sea. Earlier, in January 2020, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean Sea off eastern Cuba. Before that, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean Sea in January 2018. At that time, a tsunami warning was issued for Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
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