While the tsunami warnings were issued for U.S. territories Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, there is no threat to the U.S. Atlantic or Gulf Coast.

Washington: Tsunami warnings were triggered for many countries after a powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck the Caribbean Sea, US monitoring agencies reported. The quake struck at a shallow depth of 10 km (6.

A Tsunami Advisory was issued on Saturday evening following 7.6 magnitude earthquake, which occurred southwest of the Cayman Islands in the Northwest Pacific. The National Tsunami Warning Center said sea-level fluctuations and strong ocean currents were possible in the aftermath of the earthquake but the threat did not rise to a Tsunami Warning.