Ten months after strong earthquakes that occurred in Pilón in November last yearthat Granmense municipality returned to register two tremors, although this time of less intensity.
The new earthquakes occurred on Wednesday afternoon, with only a few minutes between them and, according to The officially informedthey were noticeable in Pilón and the neighboring municipality of Nickery.
The first tremor happened at 6:34 pm (local time) and had a magnitude of 2.9 degrees. His epicenter was placed 7 kilometers west of the town of Pilón, at a depth of 7.4 kilometers.
The second took place six minutes later, at 6:40 pm, and its magnitude was 3.2 degrees. On this occasion it was located 10 kilometers south of Pilón, at a depth of 10 kilometers.
No damage for now
So far no material and human damage had been reported, unlike what happened ten months ago.
Then, the earthquakes, 6.0 and 6.7 degrees of magnitude and with epicenter also located near Pilón, left several injured and important damage, mainly in housing and state centers. The authorities counted thousands of damaged buildings, including total landslides, partial and effects on covers, walls and floors.
The homes affected by recent hurricanes and earthquakes rise to more than 46 thousand
The two powerful earthquakes were noticeable throughout the eastern region and even in the center of the island – especially the second – and were followed by thousands of aftershocks, something that the specialists They consider “normal” Then events of events of that nature.
The tremors on Wednesday were the perceptible earthquakes 13 and 14 so far this year.
Until the end of June, a total of 3623 low intensity earthquakes had been registered in Cuba, of which ten were perceptible, according to the National Seismological Research Center (Cenais).
Last year was the largest number of earthquakes registered in Cuba (12 8069, according to Another report Del Denais. This is attributed by experts to the occurrence of three strong earthquakes in the east of the island: the two of Pilón in November and another in the Santiago municipality of Guamá, in December. The latter had a magnitude of 6.1 degrees.
