Tsunami warnings issued for many countries after massive earthquake rattles Caribbean Sea, countries are…, hazardous tsunami waves …

Washington: Tsunami warnings had been prompted for many countries after a extremely efficient earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck the Caribbean Sea, US monitoring agencies reported.

The quake struck at a shallow depth of 10 km (6.21 miles) on Saturday, February 8 evening (local time), with its epicentre located about 130 miles (209 km) north of Honduras, conclude to the Cayman Islands, based on the US Geological See (USGS).

The US Tsunami Warning Map originally issued a tsunami alert for the Caribbean Sea and areas north of Honduras. While no tsunami threat was reported for the US Atlantic or Gulf Flee, advisories had been issued for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Heart acknowledged that “dangerous tsunami waves” may affect coastal areas inner 620 miles of the epicentre, along with the Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Cuba, Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, the Bahamas, Costa Rica, Belize, Haiti, Panama, and Guatemala.

Later, the US Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicted tsunami waves between 1 to about a meters above tide diploma along parts of Cuba’s hover, whereas smaller waves of 0.3 to 1 meter had been forecast for Honduras and the Cayman Islands.

After originally issuing tsunami threats to more than a dozen countries, US agencies later cancelled most warnings but well-known that “small sea diploma adjustments may happen.”

Meanwhile, several Caribbean countries, along with Honduras, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and the Cayman Islands, issued evacuation warnings for residents in coastal areas.

The Cayman Islands government urged residents conclude to the hover to “budge inland” as a precautionary measure.

Authorities in the affected regions continue to assess the problem, and not utilizing a instantaneous reviews of casualties or primary be anxious.

(With IANS inputs)