# Major earthquake (ca. 7.6) south of the Cayman Islands, also Tsunami warnings (2/8/2025) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-earthquake-ca-7-6-south-of-the-cayman-islands-also-tsunami-warnings-2-8-2025/1014067 "2025-02-09T00:12:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-earthquake-ca-7-6-south-of-the-cayman-islands-also-tsunami-warnings-2-8-2025/1014067/1 "2025-02-09T00:12:12Z")
There’s some property damage in the Cayman Islands, and a tsunami alert was issued. I don’t know yet if it was warranted; it just happened within the past hour. > **[Major M7.6 earthquake hits Cayman Islands, hazardous tsunami waves possible](https://watchers.news/2025/02/08/major-m7-6-earthquake-hits-cayman-islands-hazardous-tsunami-waves-possible/)** > > A very strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M7.6 hit the Cayman Islands region at 23:23 UTC on February 8, 2025. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting the same… And here’s a link to a live seismograph tracing, from a basement in Lincoln, Nebraska. > **[LIVE Quake Cam](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov7XmLW2Ddo%2F)** > > Live quake cam (earthquakes) from Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A. (center of the U.S.), using a Guralp CMG-3T seismometer and an old, analog USGS-surplus pen seism... ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-earthquake-ca-7-6-south-of-the-cayman-islands-also-tsunami-warnings-2-8-2025/1014067/2 "2025-02-09T01:07:02Z")
See also this thread about the tsunamis. > [@Possible tsunamis on the way in the Atlantic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-tsunamis-on-the-way-in-the-atlantic/1014068): > > [[image] ](https://i.imgur.com/uz4zr3R.jpeg) I’ve reported both for possible combination. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-earthquake-ca-7-6-south-of-the-cayman-islands-also-tsunami-warnings-2-8-2025/1014067/3 "2025-02-09T00:13:04Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/uz4zr3R.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/uz4zr3R.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-earthquake-ca-7-6-south-of-the-cayman-islands-also-tsunami-warnings-2-8-2025/1014067/4 "2025-02-09T01:04:11Z")
See also **[U.S. Tsunami Warning Centers](https://tsunami.gov/)**. Now (2000 ET on 2/8) they have warnings up for Puerto Rico, the US Virgin islands, Caymans, and Cuba. None are huge, but all might mess up low lying areas on the wrong side of their island. This other thread is about the earthquake > [@Major earthquake (ca. 7.6) south of the Cayman Islands, also Tsunami warnings (2/8/2025)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-earthquake-ca-7-6-south-of-the-cayman-islands-2-8-2025/1014067): > > There’s some property damage in the Cayman Islands, and a tsunami alert was issued. I don’t know yet if it was warranted; it just happened within the past hour. And here’s a link to a live seismograph tracing, from a basement in Lincoln, Nebraska. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-earthquake-ca-7-6-south-of-the-cayman-islands-also-tsunami-warnings-2-8-2025/1014067/5 "2025-02-09T01:18:32Z")
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**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-earthquake-ca-7-6-south-of-the-cayman-islands-also-tsunami-warnings-2-8-2025/1014067/6 "2025-02-09T02:11:04Z")
Looks like the tsunami warnings have been cancelled, thankfully. I was just in Roadtown, which was on the edge of one of the warnings, last week!