Earthquake shakes Cayman awake
(CNS): A short earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale shook many Caymanians awake early Monday. The tremour happened at around 1:15am less than 50 miles off the coast of East End but lasted for only a brief moment, according to those who felt it and posted on social media. It was said by the US Geological Survey to have been just over 6 miles deep and no tsunami warning was issued.
Hazard Management Cayman Islands reported the earthquake on its site, indicating there were not reports of any damage.
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How many folk does the top of observation tower hold in the event of a tsunami warning??
The dump is higher
Where is the government notifications? If this was the real deal we would all be dead!
You want warnings of things that aren’t a real threat?
Don’t wait on Hazard Management. They too busy sharing stories about Community parks on their social media to worry about nonsense like earthquakes.
If the reefs are demolished for the cruise port, you’ll for sure see a tsunami after an earthquake
Go to the Cayman Archives please! The entire water front was dug out and trenches many, many years ago! No one died nor complained then so what’s the issue now! Go check out where port authority is now! That was completely dig out and filled! The new port isn’t going to be built like that! Ppl so ignorant
To Anonymous 11:55am. You must be new to Cayman. This little rock is always moving. Every once in a while we get one that people can feel. This is nothing new for us.
Yes 2:17, earthquakes are part of our Caymanian culture, like eating turtle stew.
Killing turtles*
That is true. We live on the Caribbean Plate, and it is joined with four different plates and it wobbles all about. we occasionally feel a bump.
Actually the southern edge of the North American plate. The Caribbean plate is on the other side of the trench south of the island.
You are right. I sit corrected. Thanks for the kindly correction. 😉
I still dead from the first tsunami anyhow. Waiting on my text still.
I hope it shook the lazy lot that don’t want to work, only rob innocent hardworking people, out of their beds!
Indeed 1.42, and those that cannot write English too.
Don’t rely on CIG to provide an alert, they knock off at 3:30pm and don’t usually wake up until after finishing their patties and reading their newspapers. Get the USGS app or better yet get this all perils app
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/disaster-prediction-app/id1177806007
I felt this one, woke up looked under my bed😂
Me looked under my bed too, thought burglar was hiding under my bed 😂
Just the beginning? One place I worked suddenly had a couple of shocks like this then it all went quiet for several months. Next they were hit by a massive shock that damaged about eight hotels, one of which had to be demolished. All went quiet for another nine years and then the tremors started again but so far no more big ones. And they want to build tower blocks here?
Lets all hide under a rock…go get yourself some anxiety meds.
Over a roadway too. Lol
Don’t worry Dart will make certain their new 50 storey building is earthquake proof and also capable of withstanding over 200 mph hurricanes. Dart has all the answers. Now if they could just do something about THE DUMP.
No earthquake just Big Mac falling out of bed.
Please don’t my baby know this🙏🏻
She still thinks it was me that rocked her world last night. ❤️
Now I know you lying cause she was with me
Ew
Sweet 👍