A 6.5 magnitude earthquake has struck in open waters of the Atlantic Ocean and was felt throughout the eastern Caribbean.

Melissa is moving extremely slowly through the Caribbean Sea, where it could have impacts on some of the islands during the next few days. You can track it all with the maps below, including forecasts from the National Hurricane Center. And if you're seeking a more in-depth look at Melissa, click here.

Melissa developed into a deadly Category 5 hurricane Monday, Oct. 27, and is expected to have historically catastrophic impacts on the northern Caribbean.

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Jamaica is expected to be in the storm's eyewall, which refers to the band of dense clouds surrounding the eye of the hurricane. The eyewall generally produces the fiercest winds and heaviest rainfall, according to Deanna Hence, a professor of climate, meteorology and atmospheric sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

A tropical wave, located very near the islands in the southeastern Caribbean on Sunday, could develop by midweek — potentially into a tropical storm, experts said.