Amateur video shows Grand Cayman residents reacting to a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck the western Caribbean, triggering evacuations as buildings shook across the Cayman Islands, in Jamaica, and in downtown Miami
KINGSTON - A major earthquake struck south of Cuba on Tuesday, sending shockwaves as far as Miami and sparking panic in the Cayman Islands where it ripped open sinkholes, but did not do serious damage to people or property, initial reports said.
“The building was shaking like paper,” she said. “The panic was real. This was the worst we have ever felt.” In Miami, Florida, several downtown buildings were evacuated as office workers streamed outdoors to safety. The Miami-Dade Fire-Rescue department responded to multiple calls about high-rise buildings swaying. The department said it had no reports of injuries or structural damage.Angie Watler, a spokeswoman for police on Cayman Brac, the island nearest the epicenter, said members of the public had reported some damage to buildings and to a swimming pool at the Carib Sands resort on the south of the island.
The quake was also felt in several provinces across Cuba, the government said. However, it was not strongly felt in the capital of Havana, according to a Reuters witness.
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