A tsunami warning, issued after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean Sea Saturday evening north of Honduras and southwest of the Cayman Islands, was lifted after the tsunami threat passed.
This was disclosed by the National Tsunami Warning Center on Saturday night.
“The tsunami threat has passed,” the warning center said in a 9:12 p.m. advisory Saturday.
“Unusual currents may be noticed in some areas. Exercise normal caution.”
At the same time, minutes before the warning was lifted, the center said a tsunami of 1.2 inches was measured on the Yucatan Peninsula in Isla Mujeres, Mexico.
“While that sounds small, it’s evidence and confirmation that a tsunami is occurring due to a significant earthquake,” the agency had said.
It added that there was no tsunami danger for Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, or the continental United States.
Newspot reports that this is coming after a warning was issued Saturday evening for the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred in the Caribbean Sea around 6:23 p.m. ET.
