Havana. A strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook eastern Cuba on Sunday, after weeks of hurricanes and blackouts that have left many on the island shaken. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
The epicenter of the earthquake was located approximately 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Bartolomé Masó, Cuba, according to a report from the United States Geological Survey. It recorded a depth of 23.5 kms (15 miles).
The tremor was felt throughout the eastern part of the island, even in larger cities such as Santiago de Cuba. It was not immediately clear if the earthquake caused property damage or injuries.
“People came out into the street, they are still sitting at the door, very nervous,” Yolanda Tabío, a 76-year-old housewife who lives in the Sueños neighborhood of the city of Santiago de Cuba, told The Associated Press by telephone. . “You had to see how everything moved, the walls, everything.”
Tabío indicated that he had perceived at least two aftershocks but among his friends and family there were no reports of damage to buildings in Santiago, Cuba’s second largest city.
“There was a lot of screaming. It was strong and widespread,” Sister Enma Castillo of the Archbishopric of Santiago told the AP. The small town of El Cobre where the Sanctuary of the Virgin of the same name, patron saint of Cuba, is located, was not affected either. .
Eastern Cuba usually suffers from recurring earthquakes. The movement was not perceptible in Havana, located at the other end of the country, the western one.
Cuba went through two cyclones in less than a month: the first, Oscarwas particularly destructive precisely in the east of the island, leaving eight dead in Guantánamo; the second, Rafaelhit the western area last week. There were also collapses in the national energy system that left prolonged blackouts.
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