Tsunami alerts cancelled after large Venezuela earthquake

FORT MYERS, Fla.

All tsunami alerts in the Caribbean have been cancelled following a large earthquake in northern Venezuela on Wednesday evening.

The earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 that prompted the tsunami concerns happened at approximately 6:04 p.m. Eastern Time. The quake’s epicenter was located about 20 miles northwest of Montalbán, Venezuela.

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