The 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck the central Caribbean on February 8, 2025, about 200 kilometers south of the Cayman Islands.
The powerful earthquake 10 kilometers below the Earth’s surface prompted the National Weather Service (NWS) tsunami warning system to issue tsunami warning systems to coastal areas of the Cayman Islands, Belize, Haiti, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua and Guatemala.
The NWS has confirmed that a small tsunami has been detected.
On February 8, 2025, the Caribbean earthquake – Baron
“Easy to this size of earthquakes create dangerous tsunamis to the coastline near the source,” the NWS said in one of its statements.
Many of the alerts have since been dropped, but tsunami waves 1-3 metres above tide level are possible along parts of Cuba’s coast, and tsunami waves reaching 0.3-1 metre above tide level are possible along parts of the coast of the Cayman Islands and Honduras.
Cuba, Cayman Islands Possible Tsubasa – February 8, 2025
A tsunami consultation was issued to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, but it was cancelled shortly afterwards.
Fortunately, since the earthquake is so sea, there is no immediate damage or injury.
There is no tsunami threat to the Gulf of Mexico or the eastern coastal areas.
