Cuba and US territories on alert
A 7.5 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale shook northern Honduras during Saturday afternoon, reports the German Geoscience Research Center (GFZ). It should be noted that the USGS system underlines that the earthquake was 7.6.
The earthquake was 209 kilometers southwest of George Town, in the Caimão islands, which are in the midst of several Caribbean countries that are on alert.
The shaking occurred around 23:23 to 10 kilometers depth, added the German center, which initially referred a magnitude of 6.89, then updated to 7.2 and, however, rose the value for the current 7.5.
According to the United States Tsunamis Alert Center, the tsunami alert was issued to the scene shortly thereafter.
According to the same authority, there is no expected to be a tsunami on the Atlantic coast of the United States or the Gulf of Mexico. In danger are, at this moment, four zones are: Cuba and CAIMÃO islands, overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the level of threat; Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, two American territories, at alert, the second most serious, just behind the warning.
This is because the US system issues alerts to all regions, but only gives details of US territories.
They were also on alert the back of Honduras, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Nicaragua, Jamaica or Haiti.
🟠A tsunami advisory continues for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
🟢There are NO alerts for the mainland U.S. coast. There is no tsunami danger there.
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However, the United States Alert Service itself states that all predictions of possible tsunamis are of waves below 30 centimeters, and it is expected that there may be an impact on Puerto Rico within one hour, if a tsunami even occurs the existence of a tsunami .
All tsunami forecast water levels are below 1-foot with earliest arrival times in about 1 hour in Puerto Rico.
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