The earthquakes recorded in Cuba left no victims to mourn, although they did cause considerable damage to infrastructure.
The eastern area of Cuba was considerably affected on the afternoon of this Sunday, November 10, when two earthquakes of magnitude 6 and 6.7 were registered, causing landslides, damage to homes and new damage to the power lines in that part of the Antillean nation. .
The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, asked the population in the areas of Granma and Santiago de Cuba to leave their homes and stay in open places in order to save lives and avoid more problems.
We ask our population in those areas to go out and stay in open places.
We begin to assess damages to begin recovery. The first and essential thing is to save lives.
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— Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (@DiazCanelB) November 10, 2024
The first tremor took place at 10:50 local time (15:50 GMT) and the second was recorded at 11:49 local time (16:49 GMT), 32 and 48 kilometers from the Pilón municipality, in the Granma province. , respectively, and in both cases at a depth of 10 kilometers, as reported by the National Center for Seismological Research (Cenais).
According to the official newspaper Gramna, several aftershocks were recorded around two in the afternoon, also noticeable in the eastern region, exactly in the city of Santiago de Cuba and Granma.
🟥 A double earthquake shook #Cubawith records of 5.9 and 6.8 on the Richter scale, causing damage to the island. 🇨🇺 pic.twitter.com/WHlkcwt4DO
— Luis Gabriel Velázquez (@soyluisgabriel1) November 10, 2024
🔴 ATTENTION: A double earthquake shook #Cubawith records of 5.9 and 6.8 on the Richter scale, causing damage to the island. 🇨🇺 pic.twitter.com/y6oLXrVIEc
— TAVI (@xTAVIx) November 10, 2024
A #Earthquake of 5.9 shook the southeast of #Cuba this morning, followed by a powerful aftershock of 6.8 degrees that generated scenes of panic in several locations on the island recently hit by 2 hurricanes and the lack of electricity. pic.twitter.com/t4vfSMmPz4
— ALEJANDRO MALDONADO (@Alex_MaldonadoS) November 10, 2024
In the official newspaper, the first secretary of the ruling Communist Party, Yudelkis Ortiz, explained to state television that the earthquakes were felt “most strongly” in the Pilón, Niquero and Bartolomé Masó municipalities.
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The official called on residents to maintain “calm, prudence and discipline” and to comply with the measures designed for these cases, and stressed that the earthquakes left no victims to regret.
These phenomena have as a precedent the 5.1 degrees recorded on October 17 and which was felt in Santiago de Cuba, Guantánamo and Granma (east), without reporting material damage.
It must be remembered that Cuba went through two cyclones in less than a month: the first, Oscar, in the east of the island left eight dead in Guantanamo; The second, Rafael, passed through the western area. In addition, the island suffered power failures that caused blackouts.
The island registered a total of 7,475 earthquakes in 2023, of which 14 were perceptible, according to the Cenais annual summary. The magnitudes ranged from less than 3 to 5.9.
With information from ABC7 /AP/ What’s happening / EFE / Telemundo
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