A small passenger plane crashed seconds after taking off from a Caribbean island near mainland Honduras on Monday, killing all but five of the 17 people on board, the authorities said. Among those killed was Aurelio Martínez, a popular Honduran musician and politician, his record label said in a statement. The Jetstream 32 aircraft was…
A large 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean on Saturday night, triggering a tsunami threat as far away as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The quake struck 209 kilometers (about 130 miles) south-southwest of Georgetown, Cayman Islands, at 6:23 local time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. This is a developing story. Check back…
Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 4 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as “light,” though the earthquake may be felt outside the areas shown. The New York Times A moderately strong, 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea near Cuba on Sunday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor…