The network of stations of the National Seismological Service (SSN) recorded a noticeable earthquake on Thursday at 8:17 AM local time, with a magnitude of 4.0 on the Richter scale. The epicenter was located 19 kilometers southeast of Pilón, Granma.
Doctor Enrique Diego Arango Arias, head of the SSN at the National Center for Seismic Investigations, reported on Facebook that the earthquake was located at coordinates 19.76 degrees north latitude and -77.19 degrees west longitude, at a depth of 10 kilometers.
According to preliminary reports, the earthquake was felt in several areas of Granma province. However, the SSN indicated that as of the time this information was compiled, no material or human damage related to the seismic event had been recorded.
Arango also reported on his Facebook profile that since November 10, when the 6.0 and 6.7 magnitude earthquakes occurred, a total of 5,186 aftershocks have been registered so far. Of that total, it is estimated that 123 have been noticeable to the population.
Last Tuesday, a 4.2 magnitude earthquake was felt in several municipalities of the Granma and Santiago de Cuba provinces shortly after six in the morning. This was reported by Arango on his social media.
According to the head of the SSN, the tremor occurred precisely at 6:11 a.m. and was felt "in various areas of Granma province and in the municipalities of Guamá and Santiago de Cuba."
The earthquake caused concern and immediate reactions on social media, where residents of areas such as Media Luna, Manzanillo, Pilón, and Niquero expressed their alarm through messages in Facebook groups.
Evaristo Pardo Fonseca, a local government employee, reported on Facebook that the earthquake on Tuesday caused damage to the TV room in the community of Coorcovado, which is part of the Cañeras Brigades Popular Council in the municipality of Pilón, Granma.
"The earthquakes are increasing, along with their impacts. See how the Television Room of the Coorcovado community, in the Brigadas Cañeras Popular Council of the Pilón municipality in Granma, looked today, Tuesday, November 19, 2024, after the third earthquake," Pardo noted.
Since the past November 10, when a premonitory quake of magnitude 6.0 and a main earthquake of 6.7 occurred southeast of Pilón, the population of the eastern region of Cuba, particularly in the province of Granma, has been facing intense seismic activity.
The brief but intense seconds of the two seismic events left an indelible mark on the lives of the residents of Pilón. Yaniseli Ramírez Tejeda, a 25-year-old young mother, recounted the terrifying moment she experienced with her family.
"It was a huge noise," she recounted to the state-run newspaper La Demajagua, reminiscing about how the ground began to shake while she was cooking in the yard with her two-year-old son.
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