An intense earthquake of 4.3 degrees in the Richter scalethe strongest since June 2023, shook Santiago de Cuba during the morning of this Monday, the island’s authorities reported.
According to a note from the National Center for Seismological Research (CENAIS) cited by the official newspaper Granmathe earthquake occurred at approximately 10:54AM and was noticeable in neighboring provinces.
According to the first official reports, The epicenter was located seven kilometers southeast of the city of Santiago de Cuba.
Dr. Enrique Arango, Head of the National Seismological Service, specified that the center of the earthquake was “located at the coordinates of 19.95 degrees north latitude and -75.83 degrees west longitude, at a depth of 25.5 kilometers.” “.
“So far, reports of perceptibility have been received in the city of Santiago de Cuba and in several locations in the provinces of Santiago de Cuba, Guantánamo, Granma and Holguín. At the close of the information, no material or human damage was reported,” said the official, who added that “it is being assessed whether there is material damage in the areas where it was most noticeable.”
The inhabitants of the eastern part of Cuba remain alert to possible aftershocks, the report indicated.
This is the ninth noticeable earthquake of 2024similar to the 4.9 magnitude earthquake that shook Haiti on June 6, 2023, where it caused several deaths and injuries, and was also noticeable in Guantánamo, although without material or human damage being reported.
Cuba registered a total of 7,475 earthquakes in 2023, of which 14 were perceptible, indicated CENAIS. In 2022 there were 13 noticeable earthquakes, almost all of them in the eastern provinces.
