A magnitude 7,6 earthquake hit the Caribbean off the coast of Honduras last night, the US Geological Survey (USGS) announced.
It is the strongest earthquake in the Caribbean since earthquakes have been recorded. The earthquake that devastated Haiti in 2010 had a magnitude of 7,0.
There were no reports of major damage or casualties, and Honduran officials said there were cracks in the houses.
The northern coast of Honduras, which is closest to the epicenter, is sparsely populated and most of it is nature reserves.
The earthquake occurred around 22 p.m. local time on Tuesday (XNUMX a.m. Wednesday CET).
The epicenter was 200 kilometers northeast of Bar Patuka in Honduras and 300 kilometers southwest of Georgetown in the Cayman Islands, and the epicenter was shallow, about 10 kilometers below the surface of the Earth's crust.
Tsunami warnings were issued for Puerto Rico, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Jamaica and other Caribbean islands as well as the coasts of Mexico and Central America, but no tsunami occurred and the warnings were withdrawn, while Honduras issued a tsunami warning for 12 hours.
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