Earthquake in Jamaica, roads are paved, residents of Havana and Miami evacuated
Citizens of Jamaica and Cuba have thankfully survived extremely strong seismic vibrations of magnitude 7.7. The tremendous earthquake was felt all the way to North America and caused only serious material damage.
A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean Sea between Jamaica and Cuba on Tuesday.
The US Geological Survey said the epicenter was at an equal distance from the two states, and happened at about 2:10 pm local time.
A vast area stretching from Mexico to American Florida also felt strong shakes, panicking residents of the Cuban capital.
"The earthquake felt strongly here. The people, employees and tourists in the hotels, many people were evacuated," said one local resident.
The shakes reportedly caused no casualties except structural damage in some of the buildings.
Amateur footage showed how the earthquake discharge pushed up the sewage, blasting the sidewalks and roads of the Cayman Islands into the air.
In certain regions I observed deep openings of land and road axes.
Authorities also initially warned of the danger of a tsunami that could bring sea waves up to 1 meter high, but thankfully it did not occur.
Tuesday's earthquake was one of the strongest recorded during the day, following those that also hit the Balkan states, Greece and Albania.