MIAMI, United States. – The National Center for Seismological Research (CENAIS) of Cuba reported this Friday a perceptible earthquake of magnitude 2.9 in the province of Guantanamothe second in just four days.
The earthquake was recorded at 11:02 am and had its epicenter 25 kilometers southwest of the municipality of Niceto Pérez, according to CENAIS in your website.
So far, “no damage caused by the movement has been confirmed,” the official report indicated.
This Friday’s earthquake follows another one happened four days ago in the province of Granma, also in eastern Cuba, with a magnitude of 4.3 on the Richter scale.
On November 10, the same region was affected by two very intense earthquakes, magnitudes 6 and 6.7. These events left “10 people injured and more than 8,600 homes damaged, 156 of them with total collapses and almost 6,000 with minor damage,” according to a preliminary report from the Cuban Government.
Earthquakes recorded in 2023
Last year, Cuba experienced a total of 7,475 earthquakesof which only 14 were noticeable, according to a CENAIS report.
Most of the earthquakes in the national territory were related to the fault Eastthe main area of seismic activity located south of the eastern region of Cuba. This area constitutes a tectonic plate boundary and is a constant source of telluric movements.
Additionally, significant seismic activity was recorded outside the plate boundary zone, particularly in northern Las Tunas and in the southern area of moa (Holguin). Three earthquake swarms were observed in these areas with around 500 events each, although with magnitudes less than 4 on the Richter scale.
The 14 perceptible earthquakes are geographically distributed as follows: five related to the plate boundary zone south of eastern Cuba, five within the national territory and another four with epicenters outside the country (two in Haitione in Jamaica and one north of Honduras). In all these cases, the maximum intensity felt in Cuba was III on the EMS/98 scale.
