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A 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean Sea Tuesday night, and although the U.S. Tsunami Warning Center issued advisories for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, overnight impacts were minimal.

The tremor struck at 9:51 p.m. EST just over 25 miles from the coast of Great Swan Island, Honduras, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It had a depth of 6.2 miles.

In Central America, the quake caused no injuries or notable damage. The region closest to the earthquake's epicenter – especially the Swan Islands – is largely unpopulated.

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Shortly after the tremor, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said a damaging tsunami wave could impact the coasts of Central American nations, Jamaica, Cuba and the Cayman Islands, but no large waves were reported. There was never a tsunami threat to the U.S. mainland.

"It felt like a bulldozer was driving past ," Rodrigo Anaya Rodriguez, a resident along Mexico's Caribbean coast, told Reuters. "It didn't last long but was very violent."

In Honduras, President Juan Orlando Hernandez tweeted that the country's emergency system was activated, and he asked residents to stay calm.

This was one of the strongest tremors to strike the Caribbean Sea in recorded history. In the wake of the main earthquake, at least six aftershocks magnitude 4 or greater were reported in the hours that followed.