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Strong Earthquake Rocks Caribbean; No Tsunami Threat to U.S. East Coast

by Weatherboy Team Meteorologist - October 23, 2021

While known for sandy beaches, great snorkeling, and warm waters, the Caribbean is also home to a lot of earthquake and volcanic activity. Image: Weatherboy
While known for sandy beaches, great snorkeling, and warm waters, the Caribbean is also home to a lot of earthquake and volcanic activity. Image: Weatherboy



A strong earthquake rocked the Caribbean a short time ago; fortunately, the earthquake wasn’t large enough to generate a tsunami and there is no tsunami threat at this time anywhere along the U.S. East Coast or throughout the Caribbean from this event.

The  quake, originally classified as a magnitude 4.9 earthquake, struck at 6:47 pm ET. USGS reviewed data and lowered the magnitude of the actual quake down to a 4.6. The earthquake struck 21 miles northwest of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda. USGS said the earthquake struck at a depth of approximately 57 miles.

Today's strong earthquake struck in the eastern Caribbean. Image: USGS
Today’s strong earthquake struck in the eastern Caribbean. Image: USGS



The National Weather Service Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu, Hawaii issued a bulletin to announce there’s no risk of tsunami from this earthquake. “An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 occured about 169 miles southeast of Virgin Gorda at 6:47 pm AST…based on all available data, there is no tsunami threat to Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or the British Virgin Islands from this earthquake,” said the bulletin released by the Tsunami Warning Center.  They added, “People may have experienced shaking from the earthquake.”

People across the central and eastern Caribbean agreed with that assessment, going onto social media to let people know they felt the earthquake.

The Caribbean has been seismically active today. In the last 24 hours, there were 8 earthquakes having a magnitude of 2.5 or greater in the region. A 3.8 earthquake near Boca de Yuma in the Dominican Republic while 6 other earthquakes ranging from 2.6 to 3.7 struck in or around Puerto Rico.

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