Earthquake In Caribbean Cruise Ships
Wondering if there were any large waves as a result.
Earthquake in caribbean cruise ships. The news reported that some of the coast guard ships based in Kodiak left port and headed out. A rare earthquake caused light shaking in the Cayman Islands on Saturday morning according to the United States Geological Survey. For passengers at sea the thought of being trapped on a cruise ship as an earthquake or tsunami shakes the massive body of water surrounding them is undoubtedly a frightening one.
The tremor was one of the largest to hit the Caribbean region in recorded history. EST -- Cruises are continuing to call on San Juan Puerto Rico in the wake of two earthquakes that struck the island. The latest quake a 64-magnitude earthquake.
A 77 magnitude earthquake struck between Jamaica and Cuba on Tuesday afternoon according to the US. This article has been updated. A dozen major earthquakes of magnitude 70 or greater have occurred in the Caribbean near Puerto Rico the US.
Originally assessed as a magnitude 78 the quake was later downgraded to 76 by authorities. 76 magnitude earthquake happened last night at 951pm at a depth of 62 miles. Tsunami waves as high as 1 meter are possible along some coasts of.
The easternmost megathrust earthquake was the March 28 1964 M92 Prince William Sound earthquake currently the second largest recorded earthquake in the world. Cunards Queen Mary 2 was headed to Nagasaki Friday after the devastating earthquake. The January 10 2018 M 76 Great Swan Island Honduras earthquake occurred as the result of strike slip faulting in the shallow crust near the boundary between the North America and Caribbean.
JLMoran Neesa AlmondFarmer and 10 others. Fain chairman and chief executive officer Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Cruise ships in the Pacific are on tsunami alert after the devastation caused in Japan by the 89-magnitude earthquake earlier today and the Japanese coastguard are reported to be searching for a vessel carrying 80 people which was washed away by the massive wave.
