A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean Sea at 6:23 pm ET on Saturday evening near the Cayman Islands.
A tsunami advisory was issued for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
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The Weather Channel reported:
A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean, about 130 miles southwest of the Cayman Islands, which triggered a tsunami advisory for several islands nearby Saturday evening.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the tremor struck at 6:23 p.m. EST roughly halfway between the Cayman Islands and Honduras. This prompted the tsunami advisory to be issued for potential impacts to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
If tsunami waves were to be generated, the earliest ones are forecast to arrive on Puerto Rico’s western coast at around 8:48 p.m. EST (9:48 p.m. local time). This is about 30 minutes before the first waves are forecast to arrive in the Virgin Islands.
DEVELOPING…
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