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The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the earthquake occurred at around 6:23 p.m. Eastern Time, with an epicenter about 129 miles southwest of George Town, the capital of the Cayman Islands ...

A major, 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea on Saturday and triggered a tsunami advisory in Puerto Rico and ...

This was the third earthquake recorded in South Carolina in 2025 after 30 were confirmed there last year, according to the ...

I lived in California for a while where I taught kids about earthquakes at the Birch Aquarium ... corals — something you don’t expect to find in cold waters. Because these are “fixed ...

“Luckily, the remote location of these earthquakes limits the potential for significant damage due to shaking,” the USGS said. There are no reports of injuries or damage.

After a powerful quake shook the Caribbean Sea southwest of the Cayman Islands, some islands urge people to move inland in ...

An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 rattled the Caribbean Sea on Saturday evening (local time), US monitoring agencies said. The quake struck north of Honduras, about 130 miles (209 kilometres ...

These waves are expected between 8 p.m. ET and 10:30 p.m. ET. This story has been corrected to more accurately reflect the location of the earthquake.

The geological survey said, "large earthquakes at this location of the plate boundary are not unexpected" and earthquakes 6.0 and larger have occurred within 250 km of today's earthquake in the ...

The same nation was devastated in 2010 by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake but due to the event’s shallow depth and its epicenter near the capital, more than 200,000 people were reported killed ...

Its epicenter was located 130 miles (209 kilometers) south-southwest of George Town in the Cayman Islands.Video above: Maine's first earthquake of 2025 one of state's most powerful in last 30 ...