Tsunami warning cancelled after powerful quake strikes Caribbean Sea
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The United States Geological Survey said the quake had a magnitude of 7.6, with a depth of 10km.
PHOTO: USGS
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A tsunami warning was cancelled in the Caribbean Sea after the region’s most powerful earthquake in four years struck in the sea north of Honduras on Feb 8.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported the quake’s magnitude as 7.6, while the German Research Center for Geosciences reported it as 7.5 magnitude, both at a depth of 10km.
The US Tsunami Warning System had initially forecast waves of up to 3m for Cuba and between 0.3m and 1m for Honduras and the Cayman Islands but later said the threat had passed.
The warning system had also issued advisories for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands following the quake that were later cancelled.
It was unclear if there was any movement or damage on land.
The quake was the biggest to hit the region since 2021, when a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. REUTERS
