The National Weather Service warned, "Earthquakes of this size are known to generate tsunamis dangerous to shorelines near the source," A watch list has been compiled, including: Colombia, Haiti, Belize, Saba, Aruba, Curacao, Costa Rica, the Bahamas, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Panama, the Dominican Republic, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Honduras, Mexico, Bonaire, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Jamaica—all felt tremors 209 km southwest of George Town in the Cayman Islands.
Caribbean earthquake map shows 12 islands on tsunami alert after 7.6 tremor A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean Sea on Saturday, causing tsunami alerts to be raised for a dozen islands, with other Caribbean nations on high alert due to the potential threat.
Advisories were also issued by the Tsunami Warning System for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands following the earthquake - which were both also later cancelled.
However, atmospheric scientist Matthew Cappucci took to social media to alleviate fears of a tsunami, noting the quake's shallow depth of just 7 miles and its lateral movement.
He said: "It was shallow, with a depth of barely 7 miles," he added that it was a "strike-slip" quake with limited vertical motion, thus posing a very low tsunami risk.
