After Hurricane Rafael induced destruction and one other large-scale energy outage within the west of the island on Wednesday with wind speeds of as much as 185 kilometers per hour, two earthquakes shook the southeastern a part of the nation on Sunday morning native time. After an preliminary quake measuring 6.8, there was a extra extreme aftershock measuring 5.8.
According to the Cuban National Seismological Center, the epicenter was about 35 kilometers off the coast of the province of Granma and about 175 kilometers from the town of Santiago de Cuba.
When the second, stronger quake struck, just below half an hour after the primary, folks ran out of their homes in panic. Initially, nonetheless, solely landslides, broken homes and additional energy outages have been reported.
Head of state visits affected areas
Only on Friday had the nationwide energy outage brought on by Hurricane Rafael been resolved in most areas of Cuba. However, many communities have been nonetheless with out energy over the weekend, primarily as a result of energy poles needed to be re-erected and transformers repaired.
Head of state Miguel Díaz-Canel had visited a number of areas and districts of the capital Havana that have been significantly affected by the hurricane since Wednesday and promised speedy assist. On Sunday, Díaz-Canel referred to as on folks within the earthquake-hit area through his X-Account to remain outside till additional discover.
Arrests after protests
Meanwhile, protests are brewing towards the everlasting energy outages. According to authorities sources, a number of individuals are being investigated for bodily hurt, disturbing public order and damaging property. The human rights group Justicia 11J reported greater than ten arrests within the city of Guanabacoa within the east of Havana. People had beforehand participated in peaceable protests.
The energy grid had already collapsed in October after the most important of Cuba’s eight coal-fired energy crops, which have been thought-about to be in poor situation, failed.
Cuba quake magnitude revised to six.6, GFZ says
A quake within the Cuban area on Sunday reached a magnitude of 6.6, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported.
The quake occurred at a depth of 10 km, in accordance with the GFZ. A earlier quake of magnitude 5.8 had been measured.
The US National Tsunami Warning Centre mentioned no tsunami risk was anticipated from the quake. (Reporting by Shivani Tanna in Bengaluru; Editing by Ricardo Figueroa)
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Two earthquakes shook Cuba and induced severe injury in several components of the island
The second of the tremors, which reached a magnitude of 6.8 on the Richter scale, shook the jap provinces which have acquired intense wet climate in current days, and specifically Guantanamo, which was severely affected three weeks in the past by the affect of tropical storm Oscar
Two sturdy earthquakes shook southern Cuba on Sunday morning, in accordance with stories by American geologists, whereas authorities mentioned that no tsunami warning was issued and there have been no stories of deaths or accidents thus far.
The United States Geological Survey positioned the second, extra highly effective tremor at a magnitude of 6.8 and at a depth of 14.6 miles (23.5 kilometers), about 25 miles off the coast of Bartolome Maso, within the south of the province of Granma.
It passed off simply an hour after a primary tremor, which in accordance with the USGS reached a magnitude of 5.9, with an epicenter about 9 miles underneath the ocean and 22 miles from Bartolomé Masó.
According to the 14ymedio portal, the primary earthquake was additionally felt in Holguín, Guantánamo and Granma.
The second, in the meantime, was positioned in the identical space 36 kilometers from the municipality of Pilón, in accordance with a report launched by the National Center for Seismological Research (Cenais).
This sturdy tremor shook the jap provinces which have acquired intense wet climate in current days, and specifically Guantánamo, which was severely affected three weeks in the past by the affect of tropical storm Oscar, which left a steadiness of eight useless and appreciable injury to houses and agriculture.
In addition, it has as a precedent the 5.1 diploma earthquake recorded on October 17 and felt in Santiago de Cuba, Guantánamo and Granma (east), with out reporting materials injury.
Cuba recorded a complete of seven,475 earthquakes in 2023, of which 14 have been perceptible, in accordance with the annual Cenais abstract. The magnitudes ranged from lower than 3 to five.9 on the Richter scale.
The earthquakes have been triggered on a weekend wherein the island was nonetheless recovering from the full blackout induced three days in the past by the passage of the extreme hurricane Rafael by way of the west of the nation. Just 19 days earlier, a breakdown in a key thermoelectric plant additionally induced the National Electric System (SEN) to break down and left the nation at nighttime for greater than three days.
Source: www.nationalturk.com