A 7.6 magnitude earthquake shook the Caribbean

A 7.6-magnitude earthquake was recorded in the Caribbean Sea on Saturday evening about 130 miles (209 km) off the coast of the Cayman Islands and triggered tsunami warnings, U.S. monitoring agencies said.

"Dangerous tsunami waves" triggered by the quake are possible within a 620-mile radius of the epicenter along the coasts of the Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Cuba, Mexico, Honduras, the Bahamas, Belize, Haiti, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua and Guatemala, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

According to the US Geological Survey, the quake was at shallow depth. I AFP, BGNES

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