Two powerful earthquakes occurred successively on Sunday, November 10 off the southern coast of Cuba, according to the American Institute of Geophysics (USGS), but local authorities declared that there were no victims in the “immediate tsunami warning.”
The second tremor, of magnitude 6.8, occurred 23.5 kilometers under the ocean, approximately one hour after a first earthquake of magnitude 5.9 felt in several provinces of the country. The epicenter of the second earthquake was located at a depth of 23.5 kilometers, approximately 40 kilometers from the coast of Bartolomé Masó, in the province of Granma.
The epicenter of the first earthquake was located 14.2 kilometers under the ocean, about 35 kilometers from the coast of Bartolomé Masó, in the province of Granma, and about 175 kilometers from Santiago de Cuba, the second largest city. of the country.
The tremors were felt throughout Cuba, without causing fatalities according to initial information, reported the official Cuban newspaper. grandmother. “People quickly took to the streets because the ground was moving very strongly”Andrés Pérez, a 65-year-old retiree who lives in the center of Santiago de Cuba, told Agence France-Presse (AFP) by telephone. “We are really sorry, my wife is completely nervous.”he added.
Cuba is barely recovering from Hurricane Rafael that hit the west of the island and caused a widespread power outage that lasted almost two days. Last month, a 5.1 magnitude earthquake occurred in Santiago de Cuba without causing damage.
At the end of January 2020, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the Caribbean between Cuba and Jamaica, felt in several Cuban provinces but causing no damage despite evacuations in Havana.
