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At 02:10 PM local time on 28 January 2020, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 M w struck the north side of the Cayman Trough, north of Jamaica and west of the southern tip of Cuba, with the epicenter being 80 miles (130 km) east-southeast of Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands, [4] and 83 miles (134 km) north of Montego Bay, Jamaica. [5]
Major earthquakes in the Caribbean are infrequent and are sometimes accompanied by ... Jamaica, Cuba, Cayman Islands: 7.7 M w: VI: 0.3–1 meter tsunami: 2020-01-07 ...
The RSPR operates 25 seismometers throughout Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands. Two of these seismometers are owned by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. [3] On average, there are about 5 earthquakes recorded per day and about 3 earthquakes with magnitude 5.0 higher recorded per year in the region. [4]
The 2020 Caribbean earthquake was the strongest earthquake recorded in the Caribbean since 1946. It only caused some minor structural damage to buildings in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands due to its distance from land, and a tsunami warning. [50] - - 28 [51] Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman offshore, 55 km southeast of East End: 6.1 10.0 V
A major earthquake measuring 7.4 hit Taiwan early Wednesday, killing 9 and injuring at least 1,000. A 7.4 earthquake is exponentially more destructive than the 4.8 quake that struck central New ...
The earthquake occurred at a depth of around 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) on a transform fault zone known as the Swan Islands Transform Fault in the Cayman Trough, where it forms part of the boundary between the North American plate and the Caribbean plate. [1]
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for the Cayman Islands, as well as the Cuban provinces of Pinar del Rio, Artemisa, La Habana, Mayabeque, Matanzas and the Isle of Youth.
Destructive earthquakes originating from the Oriente fault occurred in 1766 (M I = 7.6), 1852 (M I = 7.2) and 1932 (M s = 6.75). [3] Some studies suggested there is a high probability the Oriente fault would produce a magnitude 7 earthquake, [ 4 ] this happening in January 2020, with a magnitude of 7.7, the highest registered in this country's ...