Tsunami Watch Cancelled.

GREAT BAY (DCOMM):--- Disaster Coordinator Winston Salomon would like to inform the Sint Maarten community that a Tsunami Watch issued for the entire Caribbean by the US National Weather Service Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, has been cancelled.

An earthquake has occurred off Costa Rica measuring 7.6 in magnitude, on the Pacific coast of that country within the past hour.

The tsunami watch was initially meant for the Pacific and was inadvertently sent to the Caribbean by mistake by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

There is no Tsunami Watch for Sint Maarten.