A powerful earthquake, estimated at a magnitude of 7.6 struck the Caribbean Sea north of Honduras on Saturday, prompting neighboring islands and countries to issue potential tsunami warnings.

The earthquake took place at 6:23 pm EST, the United States Geological Survey reported. The US Tsunami Warning System issued advisories for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands after the quake.

A brief tsunami warning was issued for Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands on Saturday evening after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit the Caribbean Sea. The National ...

A tsunami warning was cancelled in the Caribbean Sea after the region's most powerful earthquake in four years struck in the sea north of Honduras. The US Geological Survey (USGS) reported the ...

Some Caribbean islands and Honduras authorities warned beachgoers to move inland in case of a tsunami. The tsunami alerts were later cancelled, the National Weather Service said. “All tsunami ...

Tsunami Warning System to issue tsunami alerts for coastal regions of the Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Cuba, Mexico, Honduras, Bahamas, San Andres and Providencia, Belize, Haiti, Costa Rica ...

Some Caribbean islands and Honduras urged people near the coastline to move inland or avoid beaches as a precaution in case of a tsunami. The quake struck at 6.23pm local time in the middle of the ...

Officials say the earthquake's epicentre is about 20 miles (32.1km) north of Honduras and 130 miles (209.2km) south-west of the Cayman Islands. A number of tsunami alerts have been issued for the ...