A massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake in the Caribbean triggered a tsunami warning in several countries including Jamaica, Cuba and the Cayman Islands on Tuesday. The quake struck at 2.10pm EST in the strait between Jamaica and Cuba. Its epicenter was about 72 miles northwest of Lucea, Jamaica, and 87 miles southwest of Niquero, Cuba, at a depth of 6.2 miles, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake was felt as far away as Miami, where several downtown skyscrapers were evacuated. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued an alert cautioning that waves up to 3.5-feet above the normal tide level were possible along the coasts of Belize, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. No deaths or injuries have been reported and the extent of the damage is still emerging as new images show massive sinkholes opened up on roads in the Cayman Islands and residents say what appears to be sewage is spilling out of broken pipes.

Mexico's military confiscated a $20 million cocaine shipment that was unloaded off a jet parked on a Mexican highway near the Belize border. The Mexican National Defense Secretary said Monday night that the two-seater aircraft used in ferrying the drugs was registered in the United States. The drug traffickers landed the Beechcraft King Air aircraft on a two-lane road in Bacalar, a municipality in the Caribbean coast state of Quintana Roo. The crew had ample time to load a van that was filled with 26 bags containing between 30 to 40 kilos of cocaine. Officials also revealed that the twin-engine jet departed South America at an unspecified time, most likely Sunday, and was detected in Mexican airspace Monday approximately at 3.30am. It is unknown if the suspected traffickers were the actual owners of the plane.