7.6 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Caribbean Sea
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Channel: 7Edition · 2018 · News & Politics
A 7.6 magnitude earthquake has struck in the Caribbean Sea between the coast of Honduras and the Cayman Islands on Tuesday night shaking the Mainland and setting off Tsunami warnings that were cancelled about an hour later. According to the US Geological survey the tremor occured about 10 kilometres below the surface. The quake – which hit at 10.52pm local time, rattled windows in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa roughly 519 kilometres to the east and was felt at least as far North as the Mexican Stateof Quintana Roo, but no damage was immediately reported. Tsunami warnings were initially issued for Puerto Rico, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Jamaica and otherCaribbean Islands, as well as on the coasts of Mexico and Central America, but was withdrawn about an hour later. Tuesday's quake was one of the largest to hit the Caribbean in recorded history.
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