Cayman Islands

It triggered a tsunami warning for Cuba, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, the US Geological Survey and the International Tsunami Information Centre said.

The quake, initially reported as a magnitude 7.3 before being upgraded, was centred in the sea between Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and Cuba, at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres.

"Hazardous tsunami waves from this earthquake are possible within 300km of the epicentre along the coasts of Jamaica … Cayman Islands and Cuba," the International Tsunami Information Centre said.

A workshop held on the eve of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2016, being staged in the Cayman Islands from October 26 to 28, has explored the main drivers of agribusiness development and examined success stories that can be scaled up.

Adopting a more business approach to agriculture is emerging as a profitable strategy for small-scale producers and agro-processors in many small island countries of the Caribbean, helping to increase revenues and jobs for rural communities.