No Tsunami Threat from a 7.5 Venezuela Earthquake

​GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – National Disaster Coordinator/Fire Chief Clive Richardson on Wednesday evening June 24, 2026, said according to the U.S. National Weather Service Pacific Tsunami Warning Center Honolulu, Hawaii, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake occurred 23 kilometers southeast of the Venezuelan town Yumare. There was also another 7.2 magnitude earthquake 24 km east-northeast of San Felipe, Venezuela on Wednesday evening.

The Tsunami Warning Center says that based on all available data, the tsunami threat from this earthquake has passed and there is no further threat from this earthquake.

Sint Maarten was never under threat.​