Earthquake today: 7.6 magnitude quake shakes Caribbean southwest of Cayman Islands, tsunami warnings issued

Earthquake today: An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter magnitude scale hit the Caribbean Sea southwest of Cayman Islands at 6.23 pm on February 8, according to the United States Geological Survey, AP reported. People living near the coastline of some Caribbean islands and Honduras have thus been urged to move further inland or avoid going to the beaches amid the potential threat for a tsunami, the report added. About the Caribbean Cayman Islands Earthquake The 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck at 6.23 pm local time in the middle of the sea and had a depth of 10 kilometers, as per the USGS data. According to the International Tsunami Information Center, “hazardous tsunami waves from this earthquake are possible within the next three hours along some coasts…” These coasts include the following: Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Cuba, Mexico, Honduras, Bahamas, Haiti, Turks and Caicos, San Andres Providence, Belize, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Panama, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, the US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands and Saba.