SLP, Mexico.- The National Center for Seismological Research (CENAIS) from Cuba record This Wednesday an earthquake of 4.0 magnitude on the Richter scale occurred in the eastern province of Granma.
According to CENAIS, the epicenter The movement was located 25 kilometers southeast of the municipality of Pilón, at a depth of 4 kilometers at 10:07 pm.
“The National Center for Seismological Research of Cuba specified that the epicenter was located 25 kilometers southeast of Pilón at a depth of 4 km. Longitude: – 77.120 west. Latitude: 19,743 north,” the local media wrote on its Facebook profile. Radio Bayamo.
This town is the closest where two powerful earthquakes occurred at the end of 2024, measuring 6.0 and 6.7 degrees, respectively.
Of those earthquakes that occurred on November 10, 2024, 9,032 aftershocks have been recorded, of which 141 are presumably perceptible.
Likewise, from the December 23 earthquake, which affected the east of the Island, 480 aftershocks have been recorded, three of them noticeable.
The year 2024 closed with an unprecedented record of 12,806 earthquakes in the national territory, according to the summary of seismicity disclosed by Enrique Arango Arias, head of the National Seismological Service of Cuba, CENAIS.
The figure, the highest to date, responds mainly to the three large-magnitude earthquakes that occurred between November and December.
According to Arango Arias, “2024 has been the year in which the greatest number of earthquakes has been recorded by the National Seismological Service of Cuba in the national territory (12,806).”
Regarding perceptible seismicity, the National Seismological Service of Cuba officially reported 20 earthquakes in its information bulletins. However, the number of “probably perceptible” earthquakes rose to 143 until December 31, since it was “assumed that earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 2.5 were felt by the people who live in the places closest to these epicenters.” .
Additionally, the CENAIS report included an assessment of the intensities of the 6.7 earthquake on November 10. In towns such as Pilón, Bartolomé Masó and surrounding areas, the intensity reached VIII degrees on the European Macroseismic Scale (EMS/1998), while other municipalities recorded intensities between V and VII degrees. “All of the damage is a consequence of the existing vulnerabilities,” said Arango Arias.
