Seismic activity in the Caribbean Sea
2018-01-10 (IPMA)
At 02:51 UTC on January 10, 2018 an earthquake occurred in the Caribbean Sea of magnitude 7.6 Mw, about 200km northeast of the coast of Honduras, at a depth of 10 km. This event resulted from a oblique-slip failure (USGS source).
According to the USGS shakemap (see figure), the earthquake was sensed with a maximum intensity of V on the Modified Mercalli scale, which corresponds to a moderate level of vibration and correlated with possible very slight damages. So far there are no reports of casualties or property damage.
Authorities activated tsunami alerts that later were lifted.
This earthquake was detected in the stations of the national seismic network, with the first waves of the earthquake being recorded at 03:00 in the Azores, 03:01 in Madeira and 03:02 in the mainland stations.
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