The network of stations of the Cuban National Seismological Service recorded a noticeable earthquake at 10:49 AM this Thursday, with a magnitude of 5.1.
Enrique Diego Arango Arias, head of the National Seismological Service of Cuba at the National Center for Seismological Research (CENAIS), reported on Facebook that the epicenter was located at coordinates 19.755 degrees north latitude and 75.987 degrees west longitude, at a depth of 7.0 km, approximately 20 kilometers south/southwest of the city of Santiago de Cuba.
So far, reports of perceptibility have been received from various municipalities in the provinces of Santiago de Cuba, Guantánamo, and Granma. However, no material damages or human casualties have been reported as of the closure of this information, according to a note published by CENAIS on its website.
This earthquake is the 12th perceptible one recorded in Cuba in 2024, confirming the ongoing seismic activity in the eastern region of the country, which is close to the Caribbean tectonic fault, an area prone to seismic movements. The authorities continue to monitor the situation.
Users on social media confirmed that the earthquake was felt in the provinces of Granma, Guantánamo, and Santiago de Cuba.
On September 7, the Seismological Service of Cuba registered a magnitude 3.8 earthquake on the Richter scale, the eleventh perceptible one of the year, which was felt in the province of Santiago de Cuba.
After that earthquake, Arango reported that more than 600 tremors had been recorded, all with magnitudes below 3.5, prompting close monitoring in the eastern area of Santiago-Baconao.
In 2023, a total of 14 noticeable earthquakes were recorded in Cuba, most of which were located along the Oriente fault, the country's primary seismic activity zone and a tectonic plate boundary in the southern part of the eastern region.
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