FOX 13 Meteorologist Dave Osterberg explains why there was no major tsunami last week in the aftermath of one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded.

A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the southeast coast of the Dominican Republic early Tuesday, jolting residents awake in the Caribbean country and in neighboring Puerto Rico.

A 4.1 magnitude earthquake also struck near Haiti’s capital late Monday at a depth of three miles (five kilometers), according to the country’s civil protection agency. The quake was widely felt in ...