Honduras Earthquake, one killed many other injured

Honduras Earthquake which is 7.1 magnitude scale hit on early Thursday. The epicenter of the quake is 80 miles north/northeast of La Ceiba, Honduras.

Honduras earthquake was followed by several aftershocks. At least one person was killed and many other injured. A 15 year old boy died in La Lima 265 km north of capital Tegucigalpa, the police sait.

Following the quake, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a tsunami warning in the Caribbean comprising Honduras, Belize, Guatemala and other Caribbean areas except for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

However, only government agencies had the authority to take decisions on official alerts, the centre said.

The 30-second quake was caused by a collision between the Caribbean and North American plates, said seismography expert Gonzalo Cruz from the Honduras National Autonomous University.

US seismology officials said the quake struck at a depth of 10 km and some 320 km northeast of the capital Tegucigalpa.

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