The National Center for Seismological Research (CENAIS) confirmed in a bulletin that the second earthquake recorded this Sunday at 12:49 p.m. reached a magnitude of 6.7 on the Richter scale, surpassing the first quake, which occurred at 10:50 a.m. and had a magnitude of 6.0.
On its website, CENAIS reported that the event originated at a depth of 10 km and was located 32 km southeast of Pilón, in the province of Granma.
Additionally, it was reported that there have been reports of perceptibility in the provinces of Santiago de Cuba, Guantánamo, Granma, and Holguín.
It was reported that as of the latest update, there are material damages in Pilón at this time.
With the recording of this 6.7 magnitude earthquake this Sunday, it becomes the 14th noticeable tremor in 2024.
Several social media users reported that this tremor was felt even more strongly.
The previous one, registered this Sunday at 10:50 a.m., reached a magnitude of 6.0 and was felt in several provinces in eastern Cuba.
"The network of stations of the Cuban National Seismological Service has recorded an earthquake reported as perceptible at 10:50 local time, located at coordinates 19.75 degrees north latitude and -76.91 degrees west longitude, at a depth of 10.0 km and with a magnitude of 6.0, situated 48 kilometers southeast of Pilón, Granma province," Ana María Vázquez Villavicencio reported on her social media.
In October, a 5.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded on the Richter scale, approximately 20 kilometers south/southwest of the city of Santiago de Cuba. Seismologists are closely monitoring the aftershocks associated with this seismic event.
These replicas are oriented north-south, which has caught the attention of experts due to their similarity to the seismic swarm that followed the earthquake on January 17, 2016, reported Enrique Diego Arango Arias, head of the National Seismological Service of Cuba, from the National Center for Seismological Research (CENAIS) via Facebook.
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