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This Monday, June 10, at approximately 10:55 am, a noticeable earthquake occurred in Santiago de Cuba and, according to information on social networks, in other provinces in eastern Cuba.
At this time, communication is established with the National Seismological Service (Cenais, National Center for Seismological Research) collecting information about this event, reported the Sierra Maestra newspaper.
The first official reports indicate that he had a magnitude of 4.3 on the Richter scale and was located 7 km southeast of Santiago de Cuba.
Dr. C. Enrique Arango, head of the National Seismological Service, reported on his Facebook profile that he was “located in the coordinates 19.95 degrees north latitude and -75.83 degrees west longitude, at a depth of 25.5 km.”
The specialist added that “so far they have received reports of perceptibility in the city of Santiago de Cuba and several locations in the provinces of Santiago de Cuba, Guantánamo, Granma and Holguín. At the time of reporting, no material or human damage has been reported.”
This is the noticeable earthquake No. 9 of 2024.
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