Two Powerful Earthquakes Hit Cuba Within An Hour

Two highly effective earthquakes rocked southern Cuba in fast succession on Sunday, US geologists mentioned, as authorities mentioned no tsunami alert was issued and no deaths instantly reported.

The US Geological Survey put the second, extra highly effective tremor at a magnitude of 6.8 and 14.6 miles (23.5 kilometers) deep, some 25 miles off the coast of Bartolome Maso, in southern Granma province.

It got here simply an hour after a primary tremor, which the USGS put at a magnitude of 5.9, with the epicenter some 9 miles beneath the ocean roughly 22 miles off Bartolome Maso. 

The state-run newspaper Granma mentioned no deaths had been instantly reported, however that the quake had been felt all through the Caribbean island nation.

“Right here individuals shortly took to the streets as a result of the bottom moved very strongly,” Andres Perez, a 65-year-old retiree who lives in downtown Santiago de Cuba, instructed AFP through phone of the primary quake. 

“It felt very robust actually, my spouse is a bundle of nerves,” he added. 

The US tsunami warning system mentioned no tsunami warning had been issued.

The tremor shook the island because it recovers from Hurricane Rafael, which hit the nation’s west as a Class 3 storm, leaving residents with out energy for 2 days. 

A 5.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded in October 2023 in Santiago de Cuba, with out inflicting any harm. 

One other robust earthquake of magnitude 7.7 was recorded in January 2020 within the Caribbean Sea and was felt in a number of Cuban provinces, inflicting the evacuation of buildings within the capital Havana, with no harm reported.

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