Tsunami advisory in the Caribbean canceled

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DigitalVision Vectors/ Getty(NEW YORK) — A Tsunami warning in the Caribbean has been canceled after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake hit in the Caribbean Sea north of Honduras late Tuesday night.

The warning was in affect for several hours  for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands after the earthquake occurred.

The Island of Puerto Rico is still recovering from Hurricane Maria which devastated the island in September of last year. 

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