A 3.0 magnitude earthquake was felt on the night of this Tuesday in some areas of Santiago de Cuba, according to officials from the National Seismological Service.
The seismic event occurred at 10:25 p.m. (local time) and was recorded by the network of stations of the National Seismological Service of Cuba.
According to the data shared on social media by Enrique Diego Arango Arias, head of the National Seismological Service and specialist at the National Center for Seismological Research (CENAIS), the tremor occurred at a depth of 14 kilometers and was located at 19.89 degrees north latitude and -75.87 degrees west longitude, south of the city of Santiago de Cuba.
Although there are reports on social media from citizens who claim to have felt it, so far, there have been no reports of human or material damage, which could be attributed to the low magnitude of the phenomenon.
Cuba recorded more than 3,000 earthquakes in the first half of 2025
During the first semester of 2025, a total of 3,623 earthquakes were recorded in the region, of which 3,273 occurred within the geographical area of Cuba, as reported by Arango Arias at the beginning of this month.
The day with the highest seismic activity was January 27, when 60 earthquakes were recorded in 24 hours.
The most active area was Pilón-Chivirico, with 1,849 recorded earthquakes, mostly aftershocks of the earthquake that occurred on November 10, 2024.
He also highlighted the activity in the Santiago-Baconao area, regarded by Arango Arias as the most energetic of the period, although he clarified that no major events were recorded.
Despite the high number of seismic movements in the first half of this year, only 10 were noticeable to the population, nine of which were related to the plate boundary area south of eastern Cuba.
The other was a 7.6 magnitude earthquake north of Honduras, which was felt in tall buildings in the western part of the country.
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