On Saturday evening, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake occurred in the Caribbean Sea, 130 miles off the Cayman Islands coast. Striking at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers, it's the strongest earthquake in the area since 2021. Though there were tsunami advisories lifted for Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands issued a tsunami threat alert, urging residents to move to higher ground for safety. There were no threats for the mainland US coast, easing concerns for that region.
A magnitude 7.6 quake struck the Caribbean Sea late on Saturday evening, US monitoring agencies reported. The earthquake hit at 6:23 p.m. local time (0123 GMT) in the middle of the sea about 130 miles off the coast of the Cayman Islands.
The government of the Cayman Islands issued a tsunami threat alert on social media, advising residents to move inland and to higher ground for their safety.
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