An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 shook the Caribbean Sea southwest of the Cayman Islands on Saturday. The United States Geological Service (USGS) said the tremors reached at 6:23 pm local time and had a depth of 10 kilometers.
Tsunami threat alert issued
The Government of the Cayman Islands issued a Tsunami threat alert and said in its social media channels that “its residents are encouraged near the coast to move inland.”
His epicenter was located at 130 miles (209 kilometers) south-southwest of George Town in the Cayman Islands. The National Tsunami Warning Center in the USA said that a tsunami was not expected.
“The earthquake of February 8, 2025, M7.6, southwest of the Cayman Islands, occurred as a result of sliding failures in the shallow bark near the boundary between the plates of North America and the Caribbean. Immersion structure. that hits the west-norbest (right side) or the west-southwest (left side) “, reads a statement issued by USGS.
In the location of this earthquake, the North America plaque moves west -Stente with respect to the Caribbean plate at a speed of approximately 20 mm/year. Local to the earthquake of February 8, 2025, this movement is predominantly accommodated along the transformation failure of the Swan Islands, a left lateral structure, he added.
The location, depth and solution of the focal mechanism of the current earthquake are consistent with the rupture that occurs along this limit structure of the plate, or in a close and closely related failure, said the USGS.
“While they are commonly drawn as points on the maps, earthquakes of this size are described more appropriately as sliding over a larger failure area. Width). The earthquake occurred near a similar mechanism.
(With AP tickets)
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