A 3.4 magnitude earthquake was felt in the provinces of Guantánamo and Santiago de Cuba shortly after seven this morning, according to Enrique Diego Arango Arias, Head of the National Seismological Service at the National Center for Seismological Research (CENAIS), who reported it on social media.
Arango Arias specified that the tremor occurred precisely at 7:29 a.m. and was noticeable in "several localities" of the mentioned provinces.
The mentioned source indicated that the earthquake was located at coordinates 19.89 degrees north latitude and 75.50 degrees west longitude, approximately 24 kilometers south of Caimanera, in Guantánamo. It was recorded at a depth of 30 kilometers.
Subsequently, in its newsletter No. 18, CENAIS adjusted the depth of the phenomenon to 28 kilometers.
The note indicated that there have been reports of perceptibility in the municipal capital of Santiago de Cuba and in the province of Guantánamo.
There are no reports of material or human damage as a result of the seismic event.
On social media, some residents in the two provinces have confirmed the report of perceptibility, although they describe the earthquake as "mild" and "quick."
According to the latest report from CENAIS, since the strong earthquakes on November 10, with magnitudes of 6.0 and 6.7, a total of 7,727 tremors have been recorded, of which 132 have been reported as noticeable or presumably noticeable.
This intense seismic activity has raised concerns in the communities of eastern Cuba, which are located in the country's most seismically active region.
On the 29th, CENAIS had already recorded another perceptible earthquake in the province of Guantánamo, this time with a magnitude of 2.9, at a depth of 25 km, and with its epicenter located 25 km southwest of the municipality of Niceto Pérez.
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