An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 rocked the Caribbean Sea in the southwest of the Cayman Islands on Saturday, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS), and some islands and countries have urged people near the coast to move to The interior of the land in case of tsunami.
The earthquake struck at 6:23 p.m. local time in the middle of the sea and had a depth of 10 kilometers, said the USGS. Its epicenter was located 209 kilometers south-southwest of George Town in the Cayman Islands.
The National Center for Tsunami National of the United States said that there was no tsunami alert for the American continent, but it published a tsunami opinion for Puerto Rico and the American virgin islands that have been canceled later.
The sound of alarms in the northwest region of Puerto Rico led people to leave the coastal areas, creating intense traffic, according to local media.
The management of Cayman islands has urged residents near the coast to move inside land and higher land. He said wave heights from 0.3 to one meter are expected.
Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González-Colón said in a statement that she was in contact with emergency agencies after the Tsunami’s advice, but it did not recommend leaving the coast.
The Dominican government has also published an alert of Tsunami and the residents recommended on the coast move towards high areas “of more than 20 meters above sea level and two kilometers inside”. But he then canceled the alert.
The Cuban government has asked people to leave areas by the sea. The Bahamas meteorology department has also published a tsunami opinion, but urged its residents to be “vigilant”.
The Honduran authorities said that there was no immediate damage report, but he urged residents to stay away from the beaches.
Later, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States government said that “the waves of tsunami reaching one to three meters above the tide level are possible along certain coasts of Cuba”.
“Real amplitudes on the coast may vary from forecast amplitudes due to the uncertainty of forecasts and local characteristics,” said the agency in a report.
