Earthquake measuring 8.0 on Richter scale shakes the Caribbean Sea: the Tsunami alert for several countries was canceled

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported that an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 on the Richter scale occurred in the Caribbean Sea, near the Cayman Islands, at a depth of 20 miles. The epicenter was located 313 miles northeast of the Honduran city of La Ceiba.

The U.S. scientific agency also issued a tsunami threat for the Western Caribbean, which could include the coasts of numerous countries and islands, such as: British Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Curacao, Bonaire, Aruba, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Panama, San Andres, Turks and Caicos, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Bahamas, Cuba, Honduras, Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Haiti.

At 2:00 GMT, the tsunami warnings were lifted without reports of significant damage or a major tsunami. So far, there have been no reports of casualties or significant impacts in the countries near the epicenter.