Major 7.7 earthquake rocks the Caribbean

A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in the sea south of Cuba on Tuesday. The threat of tsunami waves triggered by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in the Caribbean Sea has passed, the International Tsunami Information Centre said. Earlier, the centre said tsunami waves of up to 1 meter were possible on some coasts in Mexico, Belize, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. The epicenter of the quake was between Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and Cuba, at a shallow depth of 6.2 miles.