— WSVN 7 News (@wsvn) January 28, 2020 NBC 6 in Miami also tweeted video of the earthquake’s impact in Florida. Alec Pultr, who lives in Ogier, Grand Cayman, said it wasn't the first earthquake he's experienced but it was the biggest "by far. He told CNN he felt the walls shake for 30 to 40 seconds. This limits the threat of a devastating tsunami, which are more associated with "thrust earthquakes," where a portion of the earth is thrust upward and causes the water to push up and outward, creating the tsunami.The quake hit 125 kilometers (77.6 miles) north-northwest of Lucea in Jamaica. Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Coronavirus breaks out again in New Zealand after 102 days Cowell thanked well-wishers for their "kind messages" in a tweet on Monday. (THECOUNT) — A tsunami warning has been issued for Jamaica, Cuba and the Cayman Islands following a large magnitude 7.7 Earthquake that struck the area Tuesday afternoon, according to the USGS.. Tsunami Advisory Region: 117km NW of Lucea, Jamaica, Risk: medium, Magnitude: 7.7, Local time: … People wait outside after evacuating office buildings after an earthquake struck south of Cuba on January 28, 2020 in Miami, Florida. "The earthquake appears to have been a "strike-slip earthquake," in which tectonic plates slide against each other. New Zealand initially got rid of the virus by imposing a strict lockdown in late March, and life had largely returned to normal. These include a M 6.8 earthquake in December 2004, 280 km to the west of today’s earthquake, and a M 6.2 event in May 1992, almost 100 km to the east of today’s quake. ""We were simply working and things started to sway," he told CNN. GET BREAKING NEWS IN YOUR BROWSER. Published on Jan 28, 2020. CLICK HERE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS. THECOUNT.COM "ALWAYS OPEN! - January 28, 2020. Earthquakes detected between December 28, 2019 as of January 16, 2020. … "We felt slight movement of the building, then we got told to evacuate the building," he said. Subject to updates.
JAMAICA. "Based on all available data, there is no significant tsunami threat from this (6.1) earthquake. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Here I present a compilation of the first videos that have surfaced on the different social networks showing the consequences and effects of the strongest quake recorded in the area since 1900. Stenette Davis, a psychiatrist at a Cayman Islands hospital, said she saw manhole covers blown off by the force of the quake, and sewage exploding into the street, but no more serious damage.Claude Diedrick, 71, who owns a fencing business in Montego Bay, said he was sitting in his vehicle reading when the earth began to sway.“It felt to me like I was on a bridge and like there were two or three heavy trucks and the bridge was rocking but there were no trucks,” he said.He said he had seen no damage around his home in northern Jamaica. Since 2005!" 7.7. magnitude earth quake powerful in Jamaica #NearJAMAICAEARTHQUAKE EARTH QUAKE IN JAMAICA ... 7.7 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HITS CARIBBEAN NORTHWEST OF JAMAICA Enrique Arango Arias, head of Cuba’s National Seismological Service, told state media that there had been no serious damage or injuries reported.The quake was felt strongly in Santiago, the largest city in eastern Cuba, said Belkis Guerrero, who works in a Roman Catholic cultural center in the center of Santiago.“We were all sitting and we felt the chairs move,” she said. The islands experience so few earthquakes … Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.Bank of America building was evacuated due to an emergency. — Ezzy Castro (@EzzyCastro) January 28, 2020 University of Central Florida Associate Professor and Coastal Geologist Joseph Donoghue said that Tuesday's earthquake was one … CNN's Patrick Oppmann, Paul P. Murphy, Christina Zdanowicz, Rosa Flores and Dave Alsup contributed to this report.A tsunami of 0.4 feet was recorded in the Cayman Islands at George Town, but no tsunami was observed at Port Royal, Jamaica, or Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.