Two very large earthquakes struck Venezuela late afternoon on 24 June, 2026 prompting the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center to issue a tsunami alert for the Caribbean Sea.
The first event, which occurred at 5:04pm local time, registered as a 7.2 magnitude earthquake at a depth of 14 miles, with the epicenter located 15 miles east northeast of the town of San Filipe.
The second larger event, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake, followed quickly afterwards at 5.05pm; and was centred 13 miles southeast of Yumare, Venezuela at a depth of six miles.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued the tsunami alert for the Caribbean at 5.40pm local time, saying based on all available data, hazardous tsunami waves are forecast for some coasts.
Hazard Management Cayman Islands, media officer, Aliya Dunstan said that because the earthquakes occurred on land rather than in the sea, no tsunami warning would be issued for the Cayman Islands.
The Associated Press also reported on the quakes saying, “back-to-back powerful earthquakes hammered Venezuela on Wednesday evening, collapsing buildings in the capital of Caracas.”
The earthquakes have been widely felt in other islands including Curacao and Bonaire.
Compass Media will provide further updates, but based on the information from Hazard Management, there appears to be no threat to the Cayman Islands from tsunamis following these large earthquakes.
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