The network of stations from 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.
Dr. Enrique Diego Arango Arias, head of the SSN at the National Center for Seismic Research, 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 locations in the province of Granma. However, the SSN indicated that, at the time of this report's closure, no material or human damages associated with the seismic event had been recorded.
Arango also reported on his Facebook profile that, since the earthquakes of 6.0 and 6.7 on November 10, there have been a total of 5,186 aftershocks recorded so far. Of that total, it is estimated that 123 have been perceptible to the population.
Last Tuesday, a magnitude 4.2 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 through his social media.
According to the head of the SSN, the tremor occurred exactly at 6:11 a.m. and was felt "in several localities in the province of Granma and in the municipalities of Guamá and Santiago de Cuba."
The earthquake generated concern and immediate reactions on social media, where residents of places like Media Luna, Manzanillo, Pilón, and Niquero expressed their alarm through messages in Facebook groups.
Evaristo Pardo Fonseca, a local government worker, reported on Facebook that the earthquake on Tuesday caused damage to the community television room in Coorcovado, part of the Brigadas Cañeras Popular Council in the municipality of Pilón, Granma.
"Earthquakes are increasing, along with their impact. See how the Community Television Room in Coorcovado, located in the Cañeras Brigades Popular Council of the municipality of Pilón in Granma, was affected today, Tuesday, November 19, 2024, after the third earthquake," Pardo noted.
Since November 10, when a foreshock of magnitude 6.0 and a main earthquake of 6.7 were recorded southeast of Pilón, the population in the eastern region of Cuba, particularly in Granma province, has been experiencing intense seismic activity.
The brief yet 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 bang," she recounted to the official newspaper La Demajagua, recalling how the ground began to shake while she was cooking in the yard with her two-year-old son.
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