The offshore earthquake occurred at 6:23 EST and about 125 miles southwest of George Town, Cayman Islands, and near the boundary between the North American and Caribbean tectonic plates ...

Recent earthquakes in the region may have raised the threat of an earthquake occurring near the Cayman Islands, according to ...

The fault line that runs near the islands is known as Cayman Trough and marks the boundary between the North American and Caribbean tectonic plates. Aftershocks can last for months or even years ...

Also known as the Circum-Pacific Belt, the Ring of Fire traces the meeting points of many tectonic plates, including the Eurasian, North American, Juan de Fuca, Cocos, Caribbean, Nazca ...

No immediate damage has been reported. Numerous tectonic plates meet in the Caribbean. Plate movements have caused large-magnitude earthquakes, including a magnitude 7.0 quake that struck Haiti's ...

More specifically, subduction zones — where tectonic plates slip over and under each ... the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean and the Scotia Arc near Antarctica. "These subduction zones invaded ...

The fault line in the area is called the Cayman Trough and marks the dividing line between the North American and Caribbean tectonic plates. Aftershocks may go on for months or, at times ...

Enrique Diego Arango Arias, head of Cuba's National Seismological Service, announced that a noticeable tremor was detected by ...

The offshore earthquake occurred at 6:23 EST and about 125 miles southwest of George Town, Cayman Islands, and near the boundary between the North American and Caribbean tectonic plates, according to ...