The Honduras earthquake prompted an advisory for the “potential threat” for the islands of Puerto Rico, the British and US Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba and Nicaragua.
The advisory was extended to Mexico, Panama, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Belize after the US Geological Survey (USGS) initially recorded the quake as a 7.8 magnitude, when it struck 44km east of Great Swan Island, Honduras.
The NWS Pacific Warning Center in a statement said: “Based on all available data… hazardous tsunami waves are forecast for some coasts.
“Persons located in the threatened coastal areas should stay alert for information and follow instructions from national and local authorities.”
Video footage shows the initial Honduras earthquake strike as ABC7’s seismograph flickers to show the monster rumbles.
Witnesses reported seeing windows rattle in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa roughly 323 miles to the east of the earthquake’s epicentre, but no reports of damage have emerged so far.
Rodrigo Anaya Rodriguez was in a hammock inside his house near the popular tourist site Bacalar Lake on Mexico’s Caribbean coast when he felt three tremors.
He said: “It felt like a bulldozer was driving past. It didn’t last long but was very violent.”
According to USGS pager charts, there is a 34 percent change of fatalities – there, however, have been no reports of casualties so far.
The NWS Pacific Warning Center issued “recommended actions” for threatened areas.
The NWS Pacific Warning Center recommended that people “do not go to the shore to observe the tsunami” and “do not return to the evacuated areas until the all clear is given”.
Many of the warnings came in areas devastated last fear by Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Nate and Hurricane Maria.
Last year Hurricane Irma killed at least 134 people after it ravaged the Caribbean Islands of Anguilla, Barbados, Barbuda, the US and the British Virgin Islands, Cuba, the French West Indies.
Meanwhile, Hurricane Maria – which is regarded as the worst natural disaster on record in Dominica and Puerto Rico – left 547 people dead.