Carribbean earthquake picked up in Ireland

A significant magnitude 7.6 earthquake has struck 226km southwest of the Cayman Islands region in the Caribbean at 11.23pm GMT.

The earthquake was picked up at 11.39pm by seismograms situated in Valentia, County Kerry, and Dublin.

It took 16 minutes for the sound waves to reach Ireland. Sound waves travel at an estimated 5 miles per second.